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Pantechnicon

noun
1.
A large moving van (especially one used for moving furniture).





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"Pantechnicon" Quotes from Famous Books



... servant of Captain Jones; but then they all are. Valet, cook, porter, boots, chambermaid, ostler, carpenter, upholsterer, mechanic, inventor, needlewoman, coal-heaver, diplomat, barber, linguist (home-made), clerk, universal provider, complete pantechnicon and infallible bodyguard, he is also a soldier, if a very old soldier, and a man of the most human kind. Jones came across him in the earlier stages of the War, not in England and not in France. The selection wasn't after the usual manner or upon ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 152, January 3, 1917 • Various


Words linked to "Pantechnicon" :   UK, Great Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, U.K., Britain, moving van, United Kingdom


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