[pan.han.dle] n (1856): a narrow projection of a larger territory (as a state) "the Texas ~"
[2]panhandle vb pan.han.dled ; pan.han.dling [back-formation fr. panhandler, prob. fr. panhandle, n.; fr. the extended forearm] vi (1903): to stop people on the street and ask for food or money: beg ~ vt 1: to accost on the street and beg from
2: to get by panhandling -- pan.han.dler n