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tombola

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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tom·bo·la /tɒmˈbəʊlə $ tɑːmˈboʊ-/ noun [uncountable]  British EnglishDGG a game in which you buy a ticket with a number on it in order to try and win a prize that has the same number on it 翻筋斗赌戏〔一种摸彩游戏〕 raffle
Examples from the Corpus
tombolaThere was also a tombola, and dancing to the Dark Blues, and to Gibson's Discotheque.There will be an auction, a tombola, and dancing to the Three B Band.Staff also ran a tombola and guess the name of the rabbit competition raising £1,675.Last year a tombola held in Morrisons supermarket, Darlington, proved very popular.The village was too peopled by women, fit only for the baking of cakes and arranging tombola stalls.Kate bought two tickets in Mrs Keble's tombola.A well stocked tombola provided many potential Christmas presents for the lucky winners.So was Mrs Keble, who'd taken eight pounds odd on the tombola.
tom·bo·la nounChineseSyllable
ticket a a buy which in Corpus game you


tombola
tombola /tɒmˈbəʊlə $ tɑːmˈboʊ-/ noun [uncountable]
British English a game in which you buy a ticket with a number on it in order to try and win a prize that has the same number on it ⇨ raffle


tom·bolaBrE /tɒmˈbəʊlə/ 🔊NAmE /tɑːmˈboʊlə/ 🔊 noun [uncountable, countable] (BrE) a game in which you buy tickets with numbers on them. If the number on your ticket is the same as the number on one of the prizes, you win the prize. “翻筋斗” 赌戏(一种抽彩摇奖法)