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The undisputed true origins of the term âhat trickâ comes from the wildly popular sport, cricket. Interestingly, the use of the term is different than in other sports in that it is awarded for defensive play, rather than offensive.
Back in the seventeenth century the childrenâs game Hopscotch was called scotch-hoppers, which appears to be the earliest English name, although one writer says that the game itself probably âdates back to the beginning of the Christian era.â. But the âscotchâ part of the name is in nowise related to the country of Scotland nor to its people. A giveaway to its real meaning is that in some English shires the game is called hop-score, for the lines marking the squares to be hopped are scored or scotched in the ground. Compare butterscotch.