tombola
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of tombola
1875–80; < Italian, derivative of tombolare to tumble, itself derivative of tombare to fall
Example Sentences
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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
She estimates between 150 and 200 friends and family turned up to support her "Not Dead Yet" event, which included a raffle and tombola.
From BBC • Nov. 24, 2022
All had been plucked from the same script tombola, stuffed with tickets reading sister, honour, paradise, cell, vest, mosque, mobile, detonate.
From The Guardian • Jul. 20, 2019
Mr. Carrozzini would drop by the Clementes’ to drink coffee and play the board game tombola, or meet on the rooftops to get filmmaking tips from Mr. Luhrmann, his neighbor.
From New York Times • Sep. 28, 2016
One played at the tombola and always got a prize.
From The Sunny Side of Diplomatic Life, 1875-1912 by Hegermann-Lindencrone, L. de (Lillie de)
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