[ tɒm'bəʊlə ]
■ noun Brit. a game, typically played at a fête or fair, in which tickets are drawn from a revolving drum to win prizes.
Origin
C19: from Fr. or Ital., from Ital. ~re 'turn a somersault'.
[ tɒm'bəʊlə ]
■ noun Brit. a game, typically played at a fête or fair, in which tickets are drawn from a revolving drum to win prizes.
Origin
C19: from Fr. or Ital., from Ital. ~re 'turn a somersault'.
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004