panhandle

panhandle
{{11}}panhandle (n.) "something resembling the handle of a pan," 1851, from PAN (Cf. pan) (n.) + HANDLE (Cf. handle) (n.). Especially in reference to geography, originally American English, from 1856, in reference to Virginia (now West Virginia; Florida, Texas, Idaho, Oklahoma, and Alaska also have them). Meaning "an act of begging" is attested from 1849, perhaps from notion of arm stuck out like a panhandle.
{{12}}panhandle (v.) "to beg," 1903, from PANHANDLE (Cf. panhandle) (n.) in begging sense. Related: Panhandled; panhandler; panhandling.

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