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tombola

noun
tom·​bo·​la | \ ˈtämbələ\
plural -s

Definition of tombola

chiefly British
: house sense 15

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History and Etymology for tombola

Italian, from tombolare to tumble, from tombare to fall, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin tumbare to tumble, fall with a thump, of imitative origin

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