What (who) is panhandle - definition
TOWN IN TEXAS, UNITED STATES
Panhandle, TX; Panhandle (TX); History of Panhandle, Texas
panhandle
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ELONGATED PROTRUSION OF A GEOPOLITICAL ENTITY
Panhandle; Pan Handle; Panhandles; Panhandle (geography)
(panhandles, panhandling, panhandled)
1.
A panhandle is a narrow strip of land joined to a larger area of land. (AM)
...the Texas panhandle.
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2.
If someone panhandles, they stop people in the street and ask them for food or money. (mainly AM INFORMAL; in BRIT, usually use beg
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Many of these street people seemed to support themselves by panhandling and doing odd jobs...
There was also a guy panhandling for quarters.
VERB: V, V for n, also V n
• panhandling
Sergeant Rivero says arrests for panhandling take place every day.
N-UNCOUNT
panhandle
ELONGATED PROTRUSION OF A GEOPOLITICAL ENTITY
Panhandle; Pan Handle; Panhandles; Panhandle (geography)
N. Amer.
¦ noun a narrow strip of territory projecting from the main territory of one state into another.
¦ verb informal beg in the street.
Derivatives
panhandler noun
Panhandle
ELONGATED PROTRUSION OF A GEOPOLITICAL ENTITY
Panhandle; Pan Handle; Panhandles; Panhandle (geography)
·add. ·noun The handle of a pan; hence, ·fig., any arm or projection suggestive of the handle of a pan; as, the panhandle of West Virginia, Texas, or Idaho.
Wikipedia
Panhandle, Texas
Panhandle is the county seat of Carson County, Texas, United States. The population of the town was 2,452 at the 2010 census. Panhandle is part of the Amarillo metropolitan statistical area.
Pronunciation examples for panhandle
1. the Panhandle in Florida.
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2. In that whole, that panhandle region
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3. but just panhandle at the ocean.
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4. trash cans. They panhandle. They visit with friends.
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5. in Coeur d'Alene, in the beautiful North Idaho panhandle.
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Examples of use of panhandle
1. Marianna is in the Florida Panhandle, northwest of Tallahassee.
2. Frances (central Florida, Florida Panhandle) 2004, 2, $8.' billion 8.
3. Wildfires continued to rage Sunday in the Nebraska Panhandle.
4. In the Texas Panhandle, ice and snow covered local roads in western areas of the Panhandle but no problems were reported.
5. Now, the Florida Panhandle school is returning the favor.