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Furniture van
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pantechnicon
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Word definitions for pantechnicon in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a large moving van (especially one used for moving furniture)
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ After having to make three attempts to turn the huge pantechnicon into our lane, they finally succeeded. ▪ But for Major's official papers, the pantechnicon drawing up at the back door might be unnecessary.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pantechnicon \Pan*tech"ni*con\, n. [NL. See Pan- , and Technic .] A depository or place where all sorts of manufactured articles are collected for sale.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context chiefly UK English) A depository or place where all sorts of manufactured articles are collected for sale. 2 (context chiefly UK English) A van, especially a large removal van. Originally (term: pantechnicon van).
Usage examples of pantechnicon.
Just as the Empire desk and the Windsor chairs and the gilt rosewood mirror Ginger had always loved and which Lily had said might as well be hers now, had been carried off a week before by another band of movers and were rolling west in the back of a fast pantechnicon van, on toward the prairie.
Sealed packing-cases went north and east and west to various pantechnicons, and the engines were boxed with peculiar care.
And nobody was going to bring a fleet of pantechnicons and remove the stable block en masse.
In a cramped environment like the Pantechnicon, or a packing case, food becomes the dearest commodity.