pantechnicon
Americannoun
noun
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a large van, esp one used for furniture removals
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a warehouse where furniture is stored
Etymology
Origin of pantechnicon
1820–30; pan- + Greek technikón artistic, skillful (neuter of technikós ); see technic
Example Sentences
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The hostess trolley - a favourite with 1970s housewives - was a lumbering pantechnicon used to keep food more-or-less warm in Pyrex dishes.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2018
But then the ambulance arrived, a pantechnicon of rescue, lumbering into view like one of those cranky Red Cross vehicles from my 50s childhood.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 13, 2017
In other words, I rattle round pitch dark streets in a three-ton furniture pantechnicon.
From Time Magazine Archive
A moment later the pantechnicon rumbled off, leaving Mr. Cutts still wondering.
From Bindle Some Chapters in the Life of Joseph Bindle by Herbert George Jenkins
At the sight of the pantechnicon he grinned and, with a jerk of his thumb, indicated the van as if it were the greatest joke in the world.
From Adventures of Bindle by Herbert George Jenkins
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