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tombolas

tombolas is the plural of tombola.

Meaning of tombola

Noun

tombola (plural tombolas)

  1. A lottery in which winning tickets are drawn from a revolving drum.
  2. The drum from which the tickets are drawn.
    • He had been given no choice in the matter of sharing rooms. Gary and he were drawn out of the tombola together, so together they were.1991 September, Stephen Fry, chapter 2, in The Liar, London: Heinemann, →ISBN, section I, page 43

Questions about tombolas

What is tombolas the plural of?
Tombolas is the plural of tombola.

Words near tombolas in the dictionary

  1. tombmate
  2. tombmates
  3. tombo
  4. tombo ahi
  5. tombola
  6. tombolas
  7. tombolo
  8. tombology
  9. tombolos
  10. Tombong
  11. Tomboro

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