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panhandling

noun panhandlings

  1. uncountable, usually The act or habit of begging for money. The old owner was dead now and the son who had taken over had had to bar Tolie from the movie show because the hunchback annoyed the crowds with his periodic panhandlings up and down the aisles.

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of panhandle

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@misc{panhandling_2026,
  title = {panhandling},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/panhandling},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}