English
hat trick
Exocentric compound of hat (“head covering”, noun) + trick (“element of a magician’s or variety entertainer’s act; entertaining and difficult physical action”, noun).
The story
Sense 2 (‘achievement of a bowler taking three wickets in three consecutive balls’)—the original sporting sense—refers to the commemorative hat formerly given as a prize to the bowler by his club.
Today it means
noun Any magic trick performed with a hat, especially one involving pulling an object (traditionally a rabbit) out of an apparently empty hat.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / hat trick