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tombola

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tom⋅bo⋅la

[tom-buh-luh]
–noun British.
house (def. 19).

Origin:
1875–80; < It, deriv. of tombolare to tumble, itself deriv. of tombare to fall
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tombola 
1880, "Italian lotto-style lottery," from It. tombolare "to tumble, fall upside down."
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