pantechnicon

American  

[pan-tek-ni-kon, -kuhn] / pænˈtɛk nɪˌkɒn, -kən /

noun

British.

1. a furniture van; moving van.

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pantechnicon British  

/ pænˈtɛknɪkən /

noun

1. a large van, esp one used for furniture removals

2. a warehouse where furniture is stored

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Etymology

Origin of pantechnicon

1820–30; pan- + Greek technikón artistic, skillful (neuter of technikós ); see technic

Example Sentences

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

As the pantechnicon rumbled heavily along by the side of Wimbledon Common, Bindle whistled softly to himself the refrain of "The End of a Happy Day."

From Adventures of Bindle by Jenkins, Herbert George

"I think," said I, nodding at a huge pantechnicon, "that we might pass the furniture."

From Jonah and Co. by Yates, Dornford