单词 | panhandle |
释义 | panhandle panhandle1 /pan"han'dl/, 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. [1855-60; PAN1 + HANDLE] panhandle2 —panhandler, n. /pan"han'dl/, v. , panhandled, panhandling. Informal. v.i. 1. to accost passers-by on the street and beg from them. v.t. 2. to accost and beg from. 3. to obtain by accosting and begging from someone. [1895-1900, Amer.; back formation from panhandler; so called from the resemblance of the extended arm to a PANHANDLE1] |
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