Panhandle (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. the handle of a pan.
  2. 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.
verb (used without object), pan·han·dled, pan·han·dling.
  1. to accost passers-by on the street, riders on the subway, motorists stopped at red lights, etc., and beg from them.
verb (used with object), pan·han·dled, pan·han·dling.
  1. to accost and beg from.
  2. to obtain by accosting and begging from someone.
noun
  1. (in the US) a narrow strip of land that projects from one state into another
  2. (in a South African city) a plot of land without street frontage
verb
  1. to accost and beg from (passers-by), esp on the street
Panhandle (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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