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Definitions for Panhandle
[1] the handle of a pan.
[2] (sometimes initial capital letter ) a long, narrow, projecting strip of territory that is not a peninsula, especially such a part of a specified state: the panhandle of Alaska; the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles.
[3] to accost passers-by on the street and beg from them.
[4] to accost and beg from.
[5] to obtain by accosting and begging from someone.
[6] (sometimes capital) (in the US) a narrow strip of land that projects from one state into another
[7] (in a South African city) a plot of land without street frontage
[8] US and Canadian informal to accost and beg from (passers-by), esp on the street
Words related to Panhandle
scrounge, sponge, freeload, bum, cadge, mooch, hustle
Words nearby Panhandle
pangola grass, pangolin, pangram, panguingue, pangwe, panhandle, panhandle state, panhead, panhellenic, panhellenism, panhoss
Origin of Panhandle
21895–1900, Americanism ; back formation from panhandler; so called from the resemblance of the extended arm to a panhandle1
Other words from Panhandle
pan·han·dler , noun
Word origin for Panhandle
C19: probably a back formation from panhandler a person who begs with a pan
Synonyms for Panhandle
bum, cadge, freeload, hustle, mooch, scrounge, sponge, ask alms, hit up, hold out one's hand, live hand to mouth, pass the hat, solicit charity