Definition of Panhandling

1. Verb. (present participle of panhandle) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Panhandling

1. panhandle [v] - See also: panhandle

Lexicographical Neighbors of Panhandling

panglossia
pangolin
pangolins
pangram
pangrammatic
pangrams
pangs
pangs of conscience
pangulu
pangulus
panhandle
panhandled
panhandler
panhandlers
panhandles
panhandling (current term)
panhellenism
panhidrosis
panhuman
panhydrometer
panhyperaemia
panhypopituitarism
panhysterectomy
panic
panic-stricken
panic-struck
panic attack
panic buying

Literary usage of Panhandling

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. No Homeless People Allowed: A Report on Anti-Homeless Laws, Litigation and by DIANE Publishing Company (1994)
"Alternatives to Anti-panhandling Ordinances Berkeley I The Berkeley Cares voucher program, which served as a model — for other programs across the country, ..."

2. Out of Sight--Out of Mind?: A Report on Anti-Homeless Laws, Litigation and by Kelly Cunningham (1999)
"There is no ordinance banning panhandling in Portland as panhandling does ... Recycling is more widespread than panhandling as a means for homeless people ..."

3. Paradise Regained: Prospects for a New Social Order in the Third Millennium by Walter Prytulak (2000)
"We can bypass a panhandler on the street and tell ourselves that he is nothing but a businessman trying to make profit by panhandling, a Cadillac king or ..."

4. Homelessness: Programs and the People They Serve: Findings of the National by Martha R. Burt (1999)
"How many homeless clients receive money from panhandling? • 8 percent report income from panhandling in the last 30 days. The Location of Homeless Clients ..."

5. The Social Welfare Forum: Official Proceedings ... Annual Forum by National Conference on Social Welfare, American Social Science Association, Conference of Charities (U.S., Conference of Charities (U.S.), National Conference of Social Work (U.S. (1920)
"When these were not sufficient, he resorted to grafting, panhandling, borrowing, etc. His waste to industry is shown by the fact that his earnings were less ..."

6. Sales of Sensitive Military Property to the Publicby Gregory D. Kutz by Gregory D. Kutz (2008)
"... and persons engaged in employment or obvious money-making activities other than begging and panhandling. At both shelter and street sites, persons found ..."

7. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine (1911)
"I had no will for panhandling. But —but—I must drink, and at once! And presently I gathered resolution. Two men approached. I begged them for drink- money. ..."

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