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hat trick
noun
1. Sports Three goals scored by one player in one game, as in ice hockey.
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2. Sports Three wickets taken in cricket by a bowler in three consecutive balls.
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3. Sports Three consecutive wins or outstanding accomplishments by the same individual, such as a jockey in horse racing.
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4. This is somewhat of a literary hat trick for me: As a nine-year-old boy, I received my first rejection letter from Rod Serling; years later, as a young cub reporter, I witnessed the first burgeoning seeds of the Watergate scandal.
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