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panhandler definition

☆ pan·handler (pan′hand′lər)

noun

Informal a beggar, esp. one who begs on the streets

Etymology: pan + handler

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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