[
UK
/pˈɑːntɪknˌɪkən/
]
NOUN
- a large moving van (especially one used for moving furniture)
How To Use pantechnicon In A Sentence
- In the mirror Dog saw a car nose round the end of the pantechnicon, then quickly reverse out of sight. THE ONLY GAME
- After the war Mr Taylor took the models - so big they had to be loaded into two pantechnicons - to Paris and across the Atlantic to Canada, where they created a great deal of interest.
- Pavilion Removals it said, right across the back of the pantechnicon doors, London and Brighton, Weekly Service. GOTHIC PURSUIT
- He turned down a service road behind the shopping precinct and ran the car between a pantechnicon and a loading bay. THE ONLY GAME
- Even if Mr. Mopp cleared the place out and disappeared with a loaded pantechnicon, he could afford to replace just about everything.
- A furniture pantechnicon was backing into the entrance of the freight elevator, and the carpets and stereo-speakers, dressing tables and bedside lamps would soon be carried up the elevator shaft to form the elements of a private world.
- I have to weave about and even step into the road, because of the cars - and vans and trucks and the occasional pantechnicon - parked on the pavement.