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panhandle
verb
to beg US, 1884- Diane reminds old New Yorkers of the fabulous Broadway Rose, who used to panhandle in front of Lindy’s until she was carted to the bug house. — Jack Lait and Lee Mortimer, Washington Confidential, pp. 26–7, 1951
- I get high drunk, drop money on floor, am panhandled, play Ruth Brown wildjump records among drunken alky whores. — Jack Kerouac, Letter to John Clellon Holmes, p. 338, 8 February 1952
- I didn’t know how to panhandle. — Jack Kerouac, On the Road, p. 105, 1957
- Shipped back to the United States for treatment, he had walked off the grounds of the Army hospital and panhandled his way south[.] — Clancy Sigal, Going Away, p. 233, 1961
- Panhandling really blows the mind when it’s carried on by middle class drop-outs. — Abbie Hoffman, Revolution for the Hell of It, p. 34, 1968
- To panhandle man-to-man on the street in this country is a noble, liberating act. — Jerry Rubin, Do It!, p. 123, 1970
- An hour’s panhandling, and Edward could purchase fresh double-A batteries for his discman[.] — Robert Crais, L.A. Requiem, p. 58, 1999
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