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▪ I. panhandle, n.|ˈpænˌhænd(ə)l|
[f. pan n.1 + handle.]
1. The handle of a pan; hence in U.S. a denomination for a narrow prolongation of a State or Territory extending between two others, e.g. the Panhandle of West Virginia. Also applied to territories outside the U.S.A. Also attrib.
1856Porter's Spirit of Times 8 Nov. 159/1 He was from old Virginny—from what, he said, they called the Pan-handle. 1861Vanity Fair (N.Y.) 25 May 246/2 We will wrap the flag of our fathers around the ‘Pan Handle’ of Virginia, and upset the entire dish of Old Dominion Secession. 1877E. E. Hale G.T.T. 30 So they..whirled relentlessly across the Pan Handle by which domestic name that funny strip of West Virginia is known which shoots up like an inverted icicle between Pennsylvania and Ohio. 1888Missouri Republican (U.S.) 24 Feb. (Farmer Americanisms), The Panhandle of Texas offers desirable homes to a million of people, at a nominal price. 1890Cent. Dict. s.v., The Panhandle of Idaho; the Panhandle of West Virginia, projecting northward between Pennsylvania and Ohio. 1932Atlantic Monthly Mar. 295/1 Your atlas will show that Idaho has a panhandle jutting up to the Canadian border. 1952B. Ulanov Hist. Jazz in Amer. (1958) iv. 33 Jack Teagarden, a big burly Texan with an infectious Panhandle accent in his singing, has always been associated with the blues. 196020th Cent. Mar. 248 The ‘panhandle’ of North Wiltshire near Lechlade. 1967Economist 14 Oct. 141/2 These targets are usually in the ‘panhandle’, as Americans call the thin southern part of North Vietnam. 1974Union (S. Carolina) Daily Times 22 Apr. 1/3 Mt. Hermon straddles the Lebanese-Syrian border and is just north of the Israeli panhandle. 1977Time 7 Mar. 52/1 In a grimy arc, from Nebraska through the plains of Kansas and Colorado, on into the panhandles of Oklahoma and Texas, scenes right out of The Grapes of Wrath suddenly materialized in the swirl of dust billowing up to 12,000 feet.
2. The act of begging (cf. next).
1849J. J. Hooper in Spirit of Times 14 Apr. 87/3 The elephant was the great point of attraction. ‘I want his hide and frame for a corn crib,’ said a fellow from the Pan-Handle Beat. 1849Harper's Weekly 5 May 429/2 ‘Workin' the pan-handle.’ ‘Eh?’ ‘I mean, are you beggin'?’ 1900Ade More Fables 142 He usually found some one waiting on the Door-Step to give him the Sign of Distress and work the fraternal Pan-Handle on him. 1942Berrey & Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §486/2 A solicitation,..panhandle.
Hence (sense 1) ˈpanhandled a.
1976T. Stoppard Dirty Linen 65 Enormous women in taffeta dresses stir the air with panhandled fans.
▪ II. panhandle, v. slang (orig. and chiefly U.S.).|ˈpænhænd(ə)l|
[Back-formation from next.]
trans. and intr. To beg (from); to steal or purloin. Hence ˈpanhandling vbl. n. and ppl. a.
1903N.Y. Even. Post 9 Dec. 1 The prisoners were members of a ‘panhandling’ corporation which operated extensively throughout the financial district. 1904G. H. Lorimer Old Gorgon Graham 53 A lot of men..who wouldn't think of asking for money, will panhandle both sides of a street for favors. 1907‘O. Henry’ Strictly Business (1910) xix. 242 He felt his sleeve grasped and held. Suspecting that he was about to be panhandled, he turned a cold and unprofitable face, and saw that his captor was—Dawe. 1931‘D. Stiff’ Milk & Honey Route viii. 84 Domestic panhandling, or hitting back doors,..seems to be on the decline. 1932L. C. Douglas Forgive us our Trespasses (1937) xiv. 276 It's never been in a suppliant attitude, panhandling the brethren and sisters for sixpences to pay the parson's coal-bill. 1951E. Paul Springtime in Paris xi. 198 The street music..was strictly for panhandling—stray accordion players, atrocious old fiddlers, and half-crazed women with cracked voices and maudlin lyrics. 1959Times Lit. Suppl. 6 Nov. p. xxxv/5 A poor art scholar..has his precious manuscript on Giotto destroyed by the panhandling Jewish refugee from Israel. 1973‘A. Blaisdell’ Crime by Chance (1974) ix. 173, I ain't had a bite to eat since yesterday. I was in that bar panhandlin’. 1976Yellowstone Explorer July 1/3 The absence of bears along the park's roads is a major concern of visitors, especially those who were here just a few years ago and saw literally dozens of bears panhandling picnic items passing cars. 1977It June 5/2 They tackled the dilemma facing anyone who has been pan-handled—‘Why don't I take this poor bastard home with me,’—and they did it on a massive scale. |