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PANHANDLER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does panhandler mean?
• PANHANDLER (noun)
The noun PANHANDLER has 1 sense:
1. a beggar who approaches strangers asking for money
Familiarity information: PANHANDLER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A beggar who approaches strangers asking for money
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("panhandler" is a kind of...):
beggar; mendicant (a pauper who lives by begging)
Derivation:
panhandle (beg by accosting people in the street and asking for money)
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