Definizione monolingua

pantechnicon

pantechnicon (plural pantechnicons)

1. (chiefly UK) A depository or place where all sorts of manufactured articles are collected for sale.
2. (chiefly UK) A van, especially a large removal van. Originally pantechnicon van.
   • 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia, Faber & Faber 1992 (Avignon Quintet), p. 426:

     In fact, as they later found, the auxiliary vehicle was a very large removers van – the kind known as a pantechnicon.

Definizione dizionario pantechnicon

Altri significati:

(UK, archaic) A depository or place where all sorts of manufactured articles are collected for sale.

(UK) A van, especially a removal van. From the shortening of pantechnicon van.

(UK, archaic) An eclectic collection.