tombola
tombola
Definition
tom·bola (täm bō′lə, täm′bə lə)
noun
a British gambling game somewhat like bingo
Etymology: It, prob. < tombolare, to tumble
tombola
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- run: The next weekend, Jim was attending a local show where the District was running a tombola.
- have: Boro Council Reading Events Secondary World Book Day lucky dip tombola For World Book Day we had a lucky dip tombola.
- hold: Lisa Partridge from Bexhill on Sea raised £ 2100 by holding various tombolas.
- include: A range of stalls and activities, including the ever-popular tombola, crazy golf, refreshments and the prize raffle raised almost £ 600.
- organize: I have to talk about Christmas in England and organize a tombola, but it's my LAST DAY AT SCHOOL!
- feature: The event, being held from 10 till 1pm, features a grand tombola with many excellent prizes.
Preposition: with
- prise: The event, being held from 10 till 1pm, features a grand tombola with many excellent prizes.
Adjective modifier
- lucky: Boro Council Reading Events Secondary World Book Day lucky dip tombola For World Book Day we had a lucky dip tombola.
- grand: The event, being held from 10 till 1pm, features a grand tombola with many excellent prizes.
- popular: Other stalls at the fair will include plants, books, jewelry, nearly new clothes and the popular tombola.
- coconut: Face painting, donkey rides, Tudor brass rubbing workshop, traditional fairground rides, coconut shy, tombola and hook the duck.
Modifies a noun
- stall: There will also be a tombola stall; donations of prizes will be most welcome.
- prise: In addition we have hundreds of raffle and tombola prizes and I shall run a mini auction of rare whiskies.
- ticket: This was appreciated as it enabled me to gain access easily although I did have to pay a quid for some tombola tickets.
- stand: The glasses counter is starting to take shape, as is the tombola stand and food counter.
- item: Also tombola items and sweets would be great too.
Noun used with modifier
- plus: There will be a BBQ plus tombola, face painting and the like.
- dip: Boro Council Reading Events Secondary World Book Day lucky dip tombola For World Book Day we had a lucky dip tombola.
- bottle: There will be a bottle tombola and goods on sale will include delicious home-made preserves, marmalades and sweets.
- chocolate: Caitlin and Georgia were very busy with the chocolate tombola too as you can imagine, and Scarlett a willing helper to Guider Coral.
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