tombola
/tɒmˈbəʊlə
/noun British
A game in which people pick tickets out of a revolving drum and certain tickets win immediate prizes, typically played at a fete or fair: entrance includes a tombola and raffle [mass noun]: traditional games such as tombola or bingo...
- The money seems to have been taken from one of the main games like the tombola or raffle.
- Stalls selling everything from books and bric-a-brac to cakes and crafts will be on the agenda, as well as games, a tombola and a raffle.
- There were plenty of games, many of which had been made by the children themselves including a coconut shy, ball games and a tombola.
Origin
Late 19th century: from French or Italian, from Italian tombolare 'turn a somersault'.
Rhymes
- premises
- premiss
- premium
- premium apprentice
- Premium Bond
- premium bonus system
- premiumed
- premiumless
- premium rate
- Premium Savings Bond
- premium system
- premix
- premixture
- première danseuse
- premodern
- pre-modernism
- pre-modernist
- premodification
- premodifier
- premodify
- premolar
- premolt
- premonish
- premonishment
- premonition