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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
tombola
noun
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▪ A well stocked tombola provided many potential Christmas presents for the lucky winners.
▪ Kate bought two tickets in Mrs Keble's tombola.
▪ Last year a tombola held in Morrisons supermarket, Darlington, proved very popular.
▪ So was Mrs Keble, who'd taken eight pounds odd on the tombola.
▪ Staff also ran a tombola and guess the name of the rabbit competition raising £1,675.
▪ The village was too peopled by women, fit only for the baking of cakes and arranging tombola stalls.
▪ There was also a tombola, and dancing to the Dark Blues, and to Gibson's Discotheque.
▪ There will be an auction, a tombola, and dancing to the Three B Band.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
tombola

Italian lotto-style lottery, 1880, from Italian tombola, apparently from tombolare "to tumble, fall upside down," from a Germanic source (see tumble (v.)).

Wiktionary
tombola

n. a lottery in which winning tickets are drawn from a revolving drum

WordNet
tombola

n. a lottery in which tickets are drawn from a revolving drum

Wikipedia
Tombola

Tombola or variants may refer to:

  • Tombola (raffle), a type of raffle popular in Britain, South Africa, Croatia, Italy, Turkey and Austria
  • Tombola (bingo company), a UK based online gaming company
  • Tómbola (film), 1961 Spanish musical film with child singer and actress Marisol
  • Tómbola (TV series), an entertainment news TV show on TeleFutura
  • Operation Tombola, a WWII Allied operation in Italy
Tómbola (TV series)

Tómbola is a Spanish language entertainment news show hosted by Marisa del Portillo, Tanya Charry, Carolina Sandoval, actor/model Andrés García Jr., and actress/TV host Alexandra Rodriguez. From October 10, 2011 to December 29, 2011, Telefutura aired Tómbola weeknights at 6pm/5pm central, succeeded both Escandalo TV & La Tijera. From December 30, 2011 to January 17, 2012, Tombola aired weekdays at 5pm/4pm central, and was canceled afterwards, due to low ratings.

Tombola (raffle)

Tombola is a game which originated in Southern Italy. With the Italian massive emigration of the 19th and 20th centuries, the game was exported abroad and where it took different forms. A variation of the game is a popular form of raffle in the UK and elsewhere.

Tombola (bingo company)

tombola Ltd is a British online bingo company. The headquarters are based in Sunderland in the North East of England, with additional offices in Gibraltar, Milan and Madrid. Founded in 2000, its main site, tombola.co.uk has become the largest bingo website in the UK, with more players than any other company, as well as being number one in Spain and Italy.

tombola produce original bingo software and games, created by an in-house development team, and is one of the largest employers of game and web developers in the North East of England.

Tómbola (film)

Tómbola (in Latin America released as Los enredos de Marisol) is a 1961 Spanish musical film. It was the third movie to star child singer and actress Marisol.

Usage examples of "tombola".

Among the attractions offered had been a complete absence of bands, dances, concerts, fancy-dress balls, swimming pools, tombola, deck games, sight-seeing and parties.

Signor Tombola had endeavored to persuade us, by arguments which we took no trouble to oppQ5e, that the unity of his country in no way resembled the average modern torpedo, carefully planned, constructed with all the skill of the greatest European arsenals, but, when constructed, destined to be directed by feeble hands into a region where it must undoubtedly explode, unseen, unfeared, and unheard, into the illimitable wastes of political chaos.

Part of the programme was a tombola for children, various competitions and games also for children, but some of the entertainment was meant for adults.

Signor Tombola had endeavoured to persuade us, by arguments which we took no trouble to oppose, that the unity of his country in no way resembled the average modern torpedo, carefully planned, constructed with all the skill of the greatest European arsenals, but, when constructed, destined to be directed by feeble hands into a region where it must undoubtedly explode, unseen, unfeared, and unheard, into the illimitable wastes of political chaos.

Signer Tombola had endeavoured to persuade us, by arguments which we took no trouble to oppose, that the unity of his country in no way resembled the average modern torpedo, carefully planned, constructed with all the skill of the greatest European arsenals, but, when constructed, destined to be directed by feeble hands into a region where it must undoubtedly explode, unseen, unfeared, and unheard, into the illimitable wastes of political chaos.

Roy won a tin of sardines at the tombola and got so carried away, he bought ticket after ticket until he managed to win a bottle of Scotch.

Roy wanted to try his luck at the tombola again and he and Steve went off.