tombola

[ tom-buh-luh ]

/ ˈtɒm bə lə /

house(def 19).

Origin of tombola

1875–80; < Italian, derivative of tombolare to tumble, itself derivative of tombare to fall

If the figure be painted with oil-colors, the Tombola can be made to perform his pranks in a basin of water.

Harper's Young People, January 13, 1880 |Various
In the afternoon the men off duty amuse themselves for a couple of hours with the "tombola," a game much liked by our sailors.

Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume I |Karl Ritter von Scherzer
And we see the quinquina (formed by five numbers) drawn, and then the first Tombola, and the second.

From the Oak to the Olive |Julia Ward Howe
But the curtain rose; that is to say, the tombola commenced.

Continental Monthly, Vol. I, No. VI, June, 1862 |Various

The little cracked bells of the tiny church have been tinkling and in front of the church is a staging for a tombola.

Polly the Pagan |Isabel Anderson

tombola

/ (tɒmˈbəʊlə) /

British a type of lottery, esp at a fête, in which tickets are drawn from a revolving drum

C19: from Italian, from tombolare to somersault; see tumble