23 March 2017

tombola

[tom-buh-luh]

noun, British.

1. house (def 19).
noun
2. (Brit) a type of lottery, esp at a fête, in which tickets are drawn from a revolving drum

Origin of tombola

1875-1880; Italian, derivative of tombolare to tumble, itself derivative of tombare to fall

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Examples from the Web for tombola

Historical Examples

Yes, and to-day, too, do they not proclaim the tombola where once they announced a victory?
Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa
Edward Hutton

Rudolph Brox returned from the tombola, where he had drawn a silver match-box.
The Law Inevitable
Louis Couperus

Somebody won the tombola at last, and Pepe told Caper he should wait for the fireworks and the concert.
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3, No. 1 January 1863
Various

Anagram

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Today’s quote

Music is a lady that I still love because she gives me the air that I breathe. We need all sorts of nourishment. And music satisfies and nourishes the hunger within ourselves for connection and harmony.

– Cat Stevens

On this day

23 March 1919 – Benito Mussolini establishes the Italian National Fascist Party. In 1936, Mussolini joins forces with Adolf Hitler through the Axis Pact. Following Mussolini’s arrest in 1943, the party was dissolved. The Italian Constitution has banned the reformation of the INF.

23 March 1924 – birth of Bette Nesmith Graham in Dallas, Texas. Bette is the inventor of Liquid Paper. Her son, Mike Nesmith, was a member of 1960s UK/American pop/rock band, The Monkees.

23 March 1956 – Pakistan becomes the first Islamic republic in the world. Republic Day in Pakistan.