Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Panhandle

Panhandle , noun

The handle of a pan;
any arm or projection suggestive of the handle of a pan; as, the panhandle of West Virginia, Texas, or Idaho. [figurative]

panhandle (pan"han`d'l) , intransitive verb

To accost people in a public place and ask for money; to beg.

Panhandle (pan"han`d'l) , transitive verb

1.
to obtain by panhandling.
2.
To accost in a public place and ask for money from.