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TOMBOLA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tombola mean? 

TOMBOLA (noun)
  The noun TOMBOLA has 1 sense:

1. a lottery in which tickets are drawn from a revolving drumplay

  Familiarity information: TOMBOLA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TOMBOLA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A lottery in which tickets are drawn from a revolving drum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("tombola" is a kind of...):

drawing; lottery (players buy (or are given) chances and prizes are distributed by casting lots)

Domain region:

Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)


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