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单词 panhandler
释义

panhandlern.

Brit. /ˈpanˌhandl̩ə/, U.S. /ˈpænˌ(h)ænd(ə)lər/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: panhandle v., -er suffix1.
Etymology: < panhandle v. + -er suffix1. Compare earlier panhandling n., panhandling adj.
1. U.S. (originally slang). A beggar.
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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.
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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).
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