hat-trick
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hat-trick
▶noun three successes of the same kind, especially (in soccer) the scoring of three goals in a game by one player or (in cricket) the taking of three wickets by the same bowler with successive balls.
– origin C19: orig. referring to the club presentation of a new hat to a bowler taking three wickets successively.
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