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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It’s 1:30 on a hot Monday afternoon in August, and 25-year-old Ryan Matthews, shirtless, is panhandling on the corner of Franklin Street and McGrath Boulevard, asking passing motorists for money.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 22, 2016