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pan·handle (pan′han′dəl)

noun

  1. the handle of a pan
  2. ☆ a strip of land projecting like the handle of a pan, as the western extension of Okla.
panhandle2 definition

☆ pan·handle (pan′han′dəl)

transitive verb, intransitive verb panhandled -·dled, panhandling -·dling

Informal to beg (from), esp. on the streets

Etymology: prob. back-form. < panhandler

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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