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 head coach's selectorial tombola is not what it was.
From BBC • Feb. 12, 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
There’s the title, which appears to be chosen via some sort of generic thriller tombola.
From The Guardian • Jul. 10, 2019
Not Without Hope Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson pulls three words out of a tombola machine at random.
From The Guardian • Mar. 17, 2017
Three francs seventy-five!" he cried, "as against four of board and six of railway fares; and no time for the tombola!
From New Arabian Nights by Stevenson, Robert Louis
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