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pantechnicon

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pantechnicon [pænˈtɛknɪkən]
n Brit
1. a large van, esp one used for furniture removals
2. a warehouse where furniture is stored
[from pan- + Greek tekhnikon relating to the arts, from tekhnē art; originally the name of a London bazaar, the building later being used as a furniture warehouse]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.pantechnicon - a large moving van (especially one used for moving furniture)
moving van - a van used for moving home or office furniture
Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
Translations
pantechnicon [pænˈteknɪkən] N (Brit) → camión m de mudanzas
pantechnicon [pænˈtɛknɪkən] n (British)(grand) camion de déménagement
pantechnicon
n (Brit) → Möbelwagen m
pantechnicon [pænˈtɛknɪkən] n (Brit) → grosso furgone m per traslochi


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All their furniture was new, all their friends were new, all their servants were new, their plate was new, their carriage was new, their harness was new, their horses were new, their pictures were new, they themselves were new, they were as newly married as was lawfully compatible with their having a bran-new baby, and if they had set up a great-grandfather, he would have come home in matting from the Pantechnicon, without a scratch upon him, French polished to the crown of his head.
The house was dismantled; the rich furniture and effects, the awful chandeliers and dreary blank mirrors packed away and hidden, the rich rosewood drawing-room suite was muffled in straw, the carpets were rolled up and corded, the small select library of well-bound books was stowed into two wine-chests, and the whole paraphernalia rolled away in several enormous vans to the Pantechnicon, where they were to lie until Georgy's majority.
Sealed packing-cases went north and east and west to various pantechnicons, and the engines were boxed with peculiar care.
 
 
 
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