Definitions for tombola

tombola tom·bo·la

Spelling: [tom-buh-luh]
IPA: /ˈtɒm bə lə/

Tombola is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 157 anagrams from letters in tombola (ablmoot).

Definitions for tombola

noun

  1. house (def 19).

Origin of tombola

1875-80; Italian, derivative of tombolare to tumble, itself derivative of tombare to fall

Examples for tombola

At a really good tombola, where the prizes are high, there is no end of fun and gayety among the people.

If the figure be painted with oil-colors, the tombola can be made to perform his pranks in a basin of water.

Rudolph Brox returned from the tombola, where he had drawn a silver match-box.

Somebody won the tombola at last, and Pepe told Caper he should wait for the fireworks and the concert.

The little cracked bells of the tiny church have been tinkling and in front of the church is a staging for a tombola.

But the curtain rose; that is to say, the tombola commenced.

Then a lottery, or "tombola," as it was called, was planned for.

The tombola, which is the great prize, is won by whoever first has his whole fifteen numbers drawn.

Dominie Kraalboom hastened to light a fresh cigar, and to begin about the "tombola."

The next thing is to paint or draw on it the figure of an old gentleman like our picture, and you have the tombola complete.

Word Value for tombola
Scrable

0

Words with friends

14

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