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tombola|tɒmˈbəʊlə, ˈtɒmbələ|
[a. F. tombola (1878 in Dict. Acad.), or It. tombola, f. tombolare to turn a somersault, fall upside down, tumble.]
A kind of lottery resembling lotto.
1880‘Ouida’ Moths xv, You have a tombola for a famine, you have a dramatic performance for a flood, you have a concert for a fire. 1883Daily News 19 July 5/7 There were various other Chinese articles for sale, and a tombola with all prizes and no blanks. 1883World No. 471. 13 One of the features of the Savage Club, which is not advertised, on account of the Lottery Act, is a tombola. 1907Daily Chron. 7 June 7/3 The law has now stepped in, and forbidden the tombola, on the ground that it would be a contravention of the Gaming Act. The tombola was arranged on the novel principle of no blanks, and a prize for every ticket-holder. |