panhandlenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈpænˌhæn.dəl/us/ˈpænˌhæn.dəl/USa long, thin piece of land joined to a larger area:
the Texas panhandle
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Geography: promontories & peninsulas
- arm
- cape
- causeway
- headland
- isthmus
- peninsula
- point
- promontory
- spit
panhandleverb [ I or T ]
uk/ˈpænˌhæn.dəl/us/ˈpænˌhæn.dəl/US informalto ask strangers (= people that you do not know) for money, especially in a public place:
He was arrested for panhandling.
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Making appeals & requests
- a cry for help idiom
- appellate
- application
- ask for sb
- beseech
- besiege
- besought
- bum
- cri de coeur
- crowdsource
- freeloader
- gateway
- go over sb's head idiom
- hit
- hit sb up
- I'll thank you to do sth idiom
- pester
- petition
- request
- scrounge
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panhandler
noun [ C ] uk/ˈpænˌhænd.lər/us/ˈpænˌhænd.lɚ/US