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 ); 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

By eight o'clock on Wednesday morning, a dozen pantechnicon vans were blocking the Rue Crevaux from the Avenue du Bois de Boulogne to the Avenue Bougeaud.

From The Blonde Lady Being a Record of the Duel of Wits between Arsène Lupin and the English Detective by Leblanc, Maurice

Whilst Tippitt was enjoying his fourth pint that morning at The Green Lion, Bindle borrowed a large watering-can, which was handed up to him on the roof of the pantechnicon by a surprised barman.

From Adventures of Bindle by Jenkins, Herbert George