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- noun Plural form of
pantechnicon .
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Examples
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Instead of turgid and unreadable documents, delivered to our in-trays by pantechnicons, we benefit from clear and concise reports that are professionally presented and a pleasure to read.
The new IT training, part 4: The other option Clive Shepherd 2006
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Instead of turgid and unreadable documents, delivered to our in-trays by pantechnicons, we benefit from clear and concise reports that are professionally presented and a pleasure to read.
Archive 2006-02-01 Clive Shepherd 2006
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Sealed packing-cases went north and east and west to various pantechnicons, and the engines were boxed with peculiar care.
The War in the Air Herbert George 2006
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Johannesburg - only one of the 28 aircraft expected - reportedly filled nine pantechnicons with equipment.
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"Well, _entirely_ by accident, I happened to be taking a basin of chicken broth to old Mrs. Skinner -- you know, she lives in one of the Priory cottages -- on the very day the pantechnicons were delivering at the house, and I saw quite a number of the chairs and tables as they were being carried in."
The Vision of Desire Margaret Pedler
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Sealed packing-cases went north and east and west to various pantechnicons, and the engines were boxed with peculiar care.
The War in the Air 1906
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When he comes he will do that raid of the pantechnicons the justice it deserves; he will picture the orderly evening scene about the
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All goods are delivered in our own heavily armoured pantechnicons.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, August 26th, 1914 Various 1898
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There were also private _horrea_, built on speculation, to be let as strong-rooms like our modern vaults, storage-warehouses, and "pantechnicons."
Pagan and Christian Rome Rodolfo Amedeo Lanciani 1888
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It must have taken a fleet of pantechnicons to transfer Welsh National Opera's
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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