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panhandle
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun panhandle has 2 senses
- panhandle(n = noun.location) Array - a relatively narrow strip of land projecting from some larger area; "Wheeling is located in the northern panhandle of West Virginia" is a kind of geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region
- panhandle(n = noun.artifact) Array - the handle of a pan; Array is a kind of grip, handgrip, handle, hold
is a part of pan
Verb panhandle has 1 sense
- panhandle(v = verb.possession) Array - beg by accosting people in the street and asking for money; Array is one way to beg
Derived form noun panhandler1
Sample sentences:
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Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
CIDE DICTIONARY
panhandle, n.
The handle of a pan; [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
panhandle, v. i.
To accost people in a public place and ask for money; to beg. [PJC]
panhandle, v. t.
- to obtain by panhandling. [PJC]
- To accost in a public place and ask for money from. [PJC]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
panhandle, n. & v. US
--n. a narrow strip of territory extending from one State into another.
--v.tr. & intr. colloq. beg for money in the street.
--n. a narrow strip of territory extending from one State into another.
--v.tr. & intr. colloq. beg for money in the street.
Derivative
panhandler n.
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