panhandle
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Collins Definition
Verb
panhandles, plural;
/ˈpanˌhandl/,
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panhandles, plural;
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Beg in the street
- - she went back to the streets to panhandle for money
Noun
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A narrow strip of territory projecting from the main territory of one state into another state
- - the Oklahoma Panhandle
Web Definitions:
- a relatively narrow strip of land projecting from some larger area; "Wheeling is located in the northern panhandle of West Virginia"
- beg by accosting people in the street and asking for money
- the handle of a pan
- A panhandle is an informal geographic term for an elongated arm-like protrusion of a geo-political entity, such as a subnational entity or a sovereign state. The term "panhandle" derives from the analogous part of a cooking pan, and its use is generally confined to the United States. ...
- Panhandle is a 1948 film directed by Lesley Selander. This Western marked the writing and producing debuts of Blake Edwards and John C. Champion. Champion later reworked the story as the 1966 Audie Murphy western, The Texican. ...
- The Panhandle is a park in San Francisco, California that forms a panhandle with Golden Gate Park. It is long and narrow, being three-quarters of a mile long and one block wide. Fell Street borders it to the north, Oak Street to the south, and Baker Street to the east. ...
- The Texas Panhandle is a region of the U.S. state of Texas consisting of the northernmost 26 counties in the state. The panhandle is a rectangular area bordered by New Mexico to the west and Oklahoma to the north and east. ...
- Panhandle is a town in Carson County, Texas, United States. The population was 2,589 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Carson County. Panhandle is part of the Amarillo, Texas Metropolitan Statistical Area.
- A narrow projection of a larger territory (as a state).
- Minor portion of lot typically 20 feet not usually counted towards lot square footage
- to ask for spare change from people walking by on the streets.