tombolas
- plural of tombola.
Example Sentences
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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 Bede, Cuthbert
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 Howe, Julia Ward
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
