panhandle
noun
the handle of a pan.
Example Sentences
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No one camped on the sidewalks or panhandled at the park.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 29, 2022
“She’d panhandled on the street but she gave most of her money away.”
From The Guardian ● Mar. 8, 2020
She rehabilitated a homeless man who panhandled outside the shop, and he became a model salesman.
From New York Times ● Apr. 17, 2018
He has panhandled in the same spot for almost 20 years and has a good rapport with the locals, who call him “the whale man.”
From Washington Post ● Aug. 4, 2017
The underground staff scoured the countryside for paper and other supplies and panhandled on the streets of Manila for money.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
