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v. Informal., -dled, -dling, -dles.

v.intr.

To approach strangers and beg for money or food.

v.tr.

1. To approach and beg from (a stranger).
2. To obtain by approaching and begging from a stranger: panhandled money. See synonyms at cadge.

[Back-formation from panhandler, beggar : perhaps PAN¹ + HANDLER.]

panhandler pan'han'dler n.
pan·han·dle² (păn'hăn'dl)
n.

1. The handle of a pan.
2. often Panhandle A narrow strip of territory projecting from a larger, broader area, as in Alaska, Idaho, Oklahoma, Texas, and West Virginia.

verb

To ask or ask for as charity: beg, bum¹, cadge. Slang mooch. See request.

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
v. intr. - tigge
v. tr. - tigge om

2.
n. - skaft på (stege)pande, langt, smalt areal

Nederlands (Dutch)
steel van pan, smalle strook (van staat etc.), op straat bedelen

Français (French)
1.
v. intr. - mendier
v. tr. - demander l'aumône

2.
n. - poignée (d'une casserole), isthme, canal

Deutsch (German)
1.
v. - schnorren, betteln

2.
n. - Pfannenstiel, schmales Landstück

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - χειρολαβή ρηχού μαγειρικού σκεύους
v. - επαιτώ, ζητιανεύω

Italiano (Italian)
manico di padella, corridorio territoriale (anche una parte geografica del Texas), mendicare

Português (Portuguese)
n. - cabo da panela (m), enclave (m)
v. - mendigar (gír.,)

Русский (Russian)
попрошайничать

Español (Spanish)
1.
v. intr. - mendigar, pedir limosna, pordiosear
v. tr. - mendigar, pedir limosna, pordiosear

2.
n. - faja estrecha de un territorio que entra en otro estado, agarradera de una sartén, mango o agarradera de una cacerola

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - stekpanneskaft, långsmal landremsa
v. - tigga på gatan

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
1. 行乞, 向...乞讨, 讨得

2. 平锅柄, 狭长的土地

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
1.
n. - 平鍋柄, 狹長的土地

2.
v. intr. - 行乞
v. tr. - 向...乞討, 討得

한국어 (Korean)
1.
v. intr. - 길거리에서 구걸하다
v. tr. - 구걸하다

2.
n. - 납작 냄비의 손잡이

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 平なべの柄, 細長い地域
v. - 物ごいをする, 物乞いをする

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) يد المقلاة, لسان أرض شبيهه بالمقلاة (فعل) يستجدي, يستعطف‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮ביקש נדבות‬
v. tr. - ‮ביקש נדבות‬
n. - ‮רצועת אדמה צרה, בליטה צרה של מדינה לתוך מדינה אחרת, איזור-ספר, טריז טריטוריאלי‬

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