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pan•han•dle
Pronunciation: (pan'han"dl), [key]—
n.
1. the handle of a pan.
2. (sometimes cap.) a long, narrow, projecting strip of territory that is not a peninsula, esp. such a part of a specified state:
the panhandle of Alaska; the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles. pan•han•dle
Pronunciation: (pan'han"dl), [key]
—v., -dled, -dling.
Informal.
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v.i.
to accost passers-by on the street and beg from them.
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v.t.
1. to accost and beg from.
2. to obtain by accosting and begging from someone.
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