panhandled
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past participleof panhandle.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
panhandlenounthe handle of a pan. -
past tense formof panhandle.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
panhandlenounthe handle of a pan.
Example Sentences
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“She’d panhandled on the street but she gave most of her money away.”
From The Guardian ● Mar. 8, 2020
To some, it’s where local homeless people panhandled harmlessly.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 2, 2019
She rehabilitated a homeless man who panhandled outside the shop, and he became a model salesman.
From New York Times ● Apr. 17, 2018
He panhandled for candy money around Georgetown University.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 13, 2016
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
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