tombola
noun/tɒmˈbəʊlə/
/tɑːmˈbəʊlə/
[uncountable, countable] (British English)- a game in which you buy tickets with numbers on them. If the number on your ticket is the same as the number on one of the prizes, you win the prize.Topics Games and toysc2Word Originlate 19th cent.: from French or Italian, from Italian tombolare ‘turn a somersault’.
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