panhandle
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[ pan-han-dl ]
/ ˈpænˌhæn dl /
verb (used without object), pan·han·dled, pan·han·dling.
to accost passers-by on the street and beg from them.
verb (used with object), pan·han·dled, pan·han·dling.
to accost and beg from.
to obtain by accosting and begging from someone.
Origin of panhandle
2
1895–1900,
Americanism; back formation from
panhandler; so called from the resemblance of the extended arm to a
panhandle1
OTHER WORDS FROM panhandle
pan·han·dler, nounWords nearby panhandle
pangola grass,
pangolin,
pangram,
panguingue,
pangwe,
panhandle,
panhandle state,
panhead,
panhellenic,
panhellenism,
panhoss
Example sentences from the Web for panhandler
British Dictionary definitions for panhandler (1 of 2)
panhandle
1
/ (ˈpænˌhændəl) /
noun
(sometimes capital)
(in the US) a narrow strip of land that projects from one state into another
(in a South African city) a plot of land without street frontage
British Dictionary definitions for panhandler (2 of 2)
panhandle
2
/ (ˈpænˌhændəl) /
verb
US and Canadian informal
to accost and beg from (passers-by), esp on the street
Derived forms of panhandle
panhandler, nounWord Origin for panhandle
C19: probably a back formation from
panhandler a person who begs with a pan