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- noun Alternative spelling of
hat trick .
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Examples
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Leicester, despite finishing top after the 22-game regular league season, never threatened to hit top gear during a match they began seeking a title hat-trick for the second time.
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Leicester, despite finishing top after the 22-game regular league season, never threatened to hit top gear during a match they began seeking a title hat-trick for the second time.
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His title hat-trick came after a barren four-year spell was ended at the 2010 Estoril Open in Portugal.
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Miranda Hart wins hat-trick of British comedy awards
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The biggest casualty is Gareth Bale, the lightning quick winger whose hat-trick in the San Siro during a 4-3 group stage defeat ignited the club's European campaign.
Tip of the Day 2011
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Having scored as a substitute in the 6-1 rout of Albania, he claimed a hat-trick here before being substituted.
England's next generation shapes up for World Cup 2018 and beyond Kevin McCarra 2010
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The talented young backs Elliot Kear and Rhys Williams each scored a hat-trick and the veteran Warrington stand-off Lee Briers kicked eight goals in his first international for almost three years.
Gareth Thomas scores a try as Wales beat Scotland in European Cup Andy Wilson 2010
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Dimitar Berbatov hat-trick moves Manchester United towards top speed
Chelsea set to seal £21.5m deal for Benfica defender David Luiz 2011
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His hat-trick laid the foundations but the contribution of loan signing Iain Hume, who got the sixth, was equally as significant according to those who were there.
Preston need more magical nights after suffering 49 years of hurt Tony Paley 2010
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Preston North End's result at Elland Road was glorious and ludicrous enough to be worth a blog of its own, but there were a few other results worth mentioning, with the individual performance of the day probably reserved for the Carlisle United striker Gary Madine, who spent his day in court pleading guilty to a charge of causing actual bodily harm and his night scoring the first hat-trick of his career.
Gary Madine shrugs off brush with law to inspire Carlisle United Simon Burnton 2010
bilby commented on the word hat-trick
Cricket jargon - to take wickets with three successive balls.
November 30, 2007