panhandle
noun
the handle of a pan.
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
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“People who are panhandling and they’re out there on those medians, it’s incredibly dangerous,” Mendez said.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 3, 2018