http://www.weirdwords.com your source for weird words or phrase origins Sat, 26 Feb 2011 14:38:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://www.weirdwords.com/2010/03/04/hat-trick/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hat-trick http://www.weirdwords.com/2010/03/04/hat-trick/#comments Fri, 05 Mar 2010 01:37:25 +0000 admin http://www.weirdwords.com/?p=131 The term actually originated from the British Cricket games. Any bowler who retired three batsmen with three consecutive balls in cricket was entitled to a new hat at the expense of the club to commemorate this feat. Later, the term was used to indicate three consecutive scores in other sports. The phrase finally broadened to include any string of three important successes or achievements, in any field.

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