tombola

American  

[tom-buh-luh] / ˈtɒm bə lə /

noun

British.

• tombolas
  plural

1. house.

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tombola British  

/ tɒmˈbəʊlə /

noun

1. a type of lottery, esp at a fête, in which tickets are drawn from a revolving drum

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• tombolas
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of tombola

1875–80; < Italian, derivative of tombolare to tumble, itself derivative of tombare to fall

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

tombola tombolas

The conventional group campaign concludes in November, while the final trio will be tossed into the big Uefa tombola after play-offs in March next year.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2023

They called it the "Willmott tombola", as they never knew what they would pull out.

From BBC ● May 27, 2022

They were hanging on towards the end but are safely into the FA tombola for the fourth round.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 8, 2022

To be clear, the Electoral Commission rules aren’t guidelines for the tombola at the village fete.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 2, 2017

Here was neither a court of justice nor a tombola.

From The Damnation of Theron Ware by Harold Frederic

And lo! there are four tombolas: but we await them not.

From From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey by Julia Ward Howe

Fortunately, however, "tubs" recover their equilibrium almost as easily as tombolas, and "the Sylph" did not belie its character; so the freshman again assumed a proper position, and was shoved off with a boat-hook.

From Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green by Cuthbert Bede

Their way of keeping it holy, however, with tombolas, horse-races, and fire-works, strikes a heretic, to say the least, oddly.

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 6, June, 1862 Devoted To Literature and National Policy by Various

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