four·gon \fürgōⁿ\noun (pluralfourgons \-ōⁿ(z)\) Etymology: French, wagon for carrying baggage, poker, from Old French forgon poker, from forgier, furgier to search, rummage, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin furicare, irregular from Latin fur thief — more at furtive : a wagon for carrying baggage < you look through the glassed-in windows of the promenade and see the last fourgons loaded — Christopher Morley >