PANHANDLE

I. noun Date: 1856 a narrow projection of a larger territory (as a state) , II. verb (~d; panhandling) Etymology: back-formation from ~r, probably from ~, noun; from the extended forearm Date: 1903 intransitive verb to stop people on the street and ask for food or money ; beg , transitive verb to accost on the street and beg from, to get by panhandling, ~r noun