transcription, транскрипция: [ pænhænd(ə)l ]
( panhandles, panhandling, panhandled)
1.
A panhandle is a narrow strip of land joined to a larger area of land. ( AM )
...the Texas panhandle.
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2.
If someone panhandles , they stop people in the street and ask them for food or money. ( mainly AM INFORMAL; in BRIT, usually use beg )
Many of these street people seemed to support themselves by panhandling and doing odd jobs...
There was also a guy panhandling for quarters.
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• pan‧han‧dling
Sergeant Rivero says arrests for panhandling take place every day.
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