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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PANHANDLE

PANHANDLE Pan "han `dle, n.

 

Defn: The handle of a pan; hence, fig. , any arm or projection suggestive of the handle of a pan; as, the panhandle of West Virginia, Texas, or Idaho.

 

PANHANDLE STATE

PANHANDLE STATE Panhandle State.

 

Defn: West Virginia; -- a nickname.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

panhandle

pan han dle |ˈpanˌhandl ˈpænˌhændl | ▶noun (often in place names ) a narrow strip of territory projecting from the main territory of one state into another state: the Oklahoma Panhandle. ▶verb [ no obj. ] informal beg in the street: she went back to the streets to panhandle for money. DERIVATIVES pan han dler noun

 

Panhandle State

Pan han dle State a nickname for the state of West Virginia.

 

Oxford Dictionary

panhandle

panhandle |ˈpanhand (ə )l |N. Amer. ▶noun [ often in place names ] a narrow strip of territory projecting from the main territory of one state into another: the Oklahoma Panhandle. ▶verb [ no obj. ] informal beg in the street. • [ with obj. ] beg for something from (someone ) in the street. DERIVATIVES panhandler noun

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

panhandle

p á n h à ndle 名詞 C 1 フライパン [平なべ ]の柄 .2 ｟米 ｠〖時にP -〗(他州の間に突き出ている )細長い地域 .動詞 他動詞 自動詞 ｟米 くだけて ｠(路上で )(…に )物乞 （ご ）いをする .P -̀ St á te 〖the ～〗パンハンドル州 〘米国West Virginia州の愛称 〙.

 

panhandler

p á n h à n dler 名詞 C ｟米 くだけて ｠物乞い .