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Hat Trick
A cricket term from the 1800's. When a player would take 3 wickets
on three bowls it entitled the bowler to receive a hat from his club
commemorating the feat. By the early 1900's it was being used in other sports such
as hockey, baseball, or football.
A site visitor wrote the following reguarding this idiom:
I believe the 'Hat-trick' Fact is incorrect on the idiomsite. The site
states a player received a hat after bowling three players out with three
balls, when I believe a player was able to gather money from the crowd with
his (or a given) hat.
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