D defs.my
Entry 4 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Panhandle

/păn'-hănˌ-dəl/ · Pan·han·dle · IPA /ˈpænˌhæn.dəl/
01 n. The handle of a pan;
  1. 1.
    The handle of a pan;[fig.]
02 v. i. To accost people in a public place and ask for money; to beg.
  1. 1.
    To accost people in a public place and ask for money; to beg.
03 v. t. to obtain by panhandling.
  1. 1.
    to obtain by panhandling.
  2. 2.
    To accost in a public place and ask for money from.