'a tombola
🇮🇹 Italian slang from Naples
What does “'a tombola” mean?
Christmas bingo (with dream numbers)
Example
“A Natale se gioca 'a tombola.”
At Christmas we play tombola.
Good to know
Each number has a meaning: 90 is fear, 47 the dead man who talks.
Who you can say it to
Fine with anyone
💸 Money🎉 Going out
The textbook way to say it: il bingo
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