panhandle

Meanings

1. The handle of a pan.
2. An area within a nation or subnational division that appears to stick out or project when viewed on a map; an especially elongated salient.
3. The handle that activates an ejector seat.

1. To beg for money, especially with a container in hand for receiving loose change, especially on the street, and particularly, as a homeless or vagrant person.
2. To elicit; to attempt to obtain or provoke a certain response or answer.

1. A city, the county seat of Carson County, Texas, United States.

1. The Alaskan Panhandle.

Etymology

From pan + handle.