panhandler

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One who panhandles; an urban beggar who typically stands on a street with an outstretched container in hand, begging for loose change
A bum
An urban beggar who typically stands on a street with a outstretched container in hand, begging for loose change
A panhandler is a person who stops people in the street and asks them for food or money
a beggar who approaches strangers asking for money
{i} beggar, one who seeks charity, one who asks for handouts
panhandle
To beg for money, especially with a container in hand for receiving loose change, especially on the street, and particularly, by a bum
panhandle
If someone panhandles, they stop people in the street and ask them for food or money. Many of these street people seemed to support themselves by panhandling and doing odd jobs There was also a guy panhandling for quarters. + panhandling pan·han·dling Sergeant Rivero says arrests for panhandling take place every day. a long, thin area of land that sticks out from a larger area. to ask for money in the streets = beg
panhandle
beg by accosting people in the street and asking for money
panhandle
{f} beg for money, ask for charity, request handouts
panhandle
The handle of a pan; hence, fig
panhandle
a relatively narrow strip of land projecting from some larger area; "Wheeling is located in the northern panhandle of West Virginia" beg by accosting people in the street and asking for money
panhandle
a relatively narrow strip of land projecting from some larger area; "Wheeling is located in the northern panhandle of West Virginia"
panhandle
A panhandle is a narrow strip of land joined to a larger area of land. the Texas panhandle
panhandle
On a map, where a part of a political entity forms a longish extension such that it resembles the handle of a pan, as with a frying pan
panhandle
{i} portion of a pan that one grips or holds; narrow piece of land that is mostly surrounded by the territory of one or more other countries (or states, cities, etc.)
panhandle
A narrow projection of a larger territory (as a state)
panhandle
any arm or projection suggestive of the handle of a pan; as, the panhandle of West Virginia, Texas, or Idaho
panhandle
A section of a nation, state or territory that resembles a panhandle when viewed on a map, as the panhandle of Oklahoma
panhandle
the handle of a pan
panhandlers
plural of panhandler
panhandler

    Hyphenation

    pan·han·dler

    Turkish pronunciation

    pänhändlır

    Pronunciation

    /ˈpanˌhandlər/ /ˈpænˌhændlɜr/

    Etymology

    (verb.) 1903. Obscure. Speculative. Panhandling always seems to involve a container for receiving loose change, so perhaps referring to a small, handled pan.
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