1. Literally, the handles attached to pans so you don't burn yourself when you take them off the fire.
2. Things shaped like the handle of a pan, like part of the state of Oklahoma in the USA.
3. Begs. "Panhandling" became a slang term for begging, probably because people held out their hats like pans to collect money.
Florida and Oklahoma have panhandles- there may be others...
Florida, Nebraska, Idaho, West Virginia, Oklahoma, Texas, Alaska, and Maryland are states with panhandles.
West Virgina has 2 panhandles. Both on the northern border.
The definition of a panhandle is "a narrow strip of territory projecting from the main territory of one state into another state." Those counties fit the requirement of a panhandle.
TWO (2)
FloridaOklahomaWest Virginia
Alaska, Idaho, Conneticut
New Mexico and Oklahoma
Four are often referred to as "The Panhandle States." These are: West Virginia Texas Oklahoma Florida Others states that have them: Virginia Maryland North Carolina New Mexico Idaho Nebraska Connecticut
Texas and the southern plains
Texas, Oklahoma, Florida, West Virginia.
Texas and Oklahoma