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Pantechnicon
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
an invented word, from Gr. 'was, all, and TExvLKOS, of or belonging to the arts (TEXvat), originally used as the name of a bazaar in which all kinds of artistic work was sold; it was established in Motcomb Street, Belgrave Square, London, early in the 19th century, but failed and was turned into a furniture depository, in which sense the word has now passed into general usage. The large vans used for removing furniture are hence known as pantechnicon vans or pantechnicons simply.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Pantechnicon'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/p/pantechnicon.html. 1910.