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Definition of Tombolas
1. tombola [n] - See also: tombola
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tombolas
Literary usage of Tombolas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Italy of the Italians by Helen Zimmern (1906)
"There are also so-called Telegraphic tombolas, authorized by Th« Telegraphic over
Italy, but which are drawn in one city the State, for which the tickets ..."
2. Rome of Today by Edmond About (1861)
"Every summer, without interfering with the regular lottery, there are a certain
number of other lotteries held, called tombolas. The tombola is a sort of a ..."
3. Rome of To-day by Edmond About (1861)
"Every summer, without interfering with the regular lottery, there are a certain
number of other lotteries held, called tombolas. The tombola is a sort of a ..."
4. American Jewish Year Book by American Jewish Committee, Jewish Publication Society of America (1901)
"Moreover, although tombolas and rallies for charitable purposes are permitted,
the government usually turns down applications in behalf of Jewish charitable ..."
5. All the Year Round: A Weekly Journal by Charles Dickens (1859)
"... action than any other spot of this earth) were shouting their " tombolas,"
and laughing and jesting in true Tuscan fashion and orderly good-humour, ..."
6. Shore Processes and Shoreline Development by Douglas Wilson Johnson (1919)
"In all of these cases the connecting bar is called a tombolo (Fig. 50, ()• tombolas.
— The name " tombolo " was applied to the connecting bar by ..."
7. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1862)
"... tombolas, and what not I Bore for bore, I might get it cheaper in town.
Equally, if not worse glutted, was the Spa, to which I next applied, ..."
8. Roba Di Roma by William Wetmore Story (1864)
"The price of tickets in any single Tombola [is uniform; but in different tombolas
it varies, of course, according to the amount of the prizes. ..."
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