单词 | panhandler |
释义 | panhandlern. 1. U.S. (originally slang). A beggar. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > poverty > mendicancy > [noun] > beggar beggara1250 bidder1362 mendinantc1395 mendivaunt1395 craver1406 thigger1424 gangrela1450 mendicant1474 mendiant1483 eremite1495 Lazarus?a1513 truandals1523 bellyterc1540 clapperdudgeon1567 beggar-man1608 maunder1609 maunderer1611 Abraham cove1612 eleemosynary1643 mumpera1652 jockey1685 progger1685 asker1708 thigster1710 prog1828 shooler1830 cadger1851 panhandler1893 Weary Willie1896 schlepper1901 plinger1904 peg-legger1915 tapper1930 clochard1940 1893 N.Y. Times 24 Dec. 9/5 Out of deference to the genial and kindly influence of the season, the cynical policemen..abate their hostile vigilance, and listen with deaf ears to the wiles of the ‘panhandler’. 1897 F. Moss Amer. Metropolis II. vii. 393 A party of petty thieves and ‘pan-handlers’ (able-bodied street beggars), went into the ‘Morgue’. 1903 Independent (N.Y.) 19 Mar. 667 The regular panhandlers and hobos I avoided. 1929 Daily Tel. 8 Jan. 11/6 Large profits from begging in the rich Fifth Avenue business districts have produced a ‘king of the pan-handlers’. 1973 ‘E. McBain’ Hail to Chief vi. 113 Don't..start screaming if a panhandler taps you on the shoulder. He may only want a quarter for a drink. 2000 N.Y. Times Mag. 9 Apr. 64/2 A starter suburb where you get a microscopic front lawn but can still get hassled by a panhandler. 2. U.S. Usually with capital initial. A native or inhabitant of a panhandle (panhandle n. 1), esp. of the Texas Panhandle. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant according to environment > [noun] > inhabitant of panhandle panhandler1936 1936 Sun (Baltimore) 12 May 12/5 If the gentleman from Texas wants us to revise our lingo so that it meets the approval of the Panhandlers, the least he could do is offer a substitute for the word he wishes eliminated. 1949 10 Story Western May 28/2 He remembered how it was down there in the Panhandle—how the Panhandlers hated these Rio Valley floaters as no Idaho man could. 1999 Texas Monthly (Nexis) Sept. 20 Perhaps many fellow Panhandlers do not miss the sights, sounds, and aromas of the oil rigs and feedlots. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1893 |
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