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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 moneyplay

  Familiarity information: PANHANDLER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PANHANDLER (noun)


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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