panhandler

panhandler
Synonyms and related words:
beggar, bum, bummer, cadger, coupon clippers, drone, freeloader, hobo, idle rich, leisure class, loafer, lounge lizard, lumpen proletariat, mendicant, mendicant friar, mendicant order, moocher, nonworker, parasite, rentiers, schnorrer, scrounger, spiv, sponger, the unemployable, the unemployed, tramp

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  • panhandler — ☆ panhandler [pan′hand΄lər ] n. 〚 PAN1 + HANDLER〛 Informal a beggar, esp. one who begs on the streets * * * See panhandle1. * * * ➡ …   Universalium

  • panhandler — index parasite Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • panhandler — ☆ panhandler [pan′hand΄lər ] n. [ PAN1 + HANDLER] Informal a beggar, esp. one who begs on the streets …   English World dictionary

  • panhandler — [[t]pæ̱nhændlə(r)[/t]] panhandlers N COUNT A panhandler is a person who stops people in the street and asks them for food or money. [mainly AM, INFORMAL] (in BRIT, usually use beggar) …   English dictionary

  • panhandler — panhandle pan han dle (p[a^]n h[a^]n d l), v. i. To accost people in a public place and ask for money; to beg. {pan hand ler} (p[a^]n h[a^]nd l[ e]r), n. {pan hand ling} (p[a^]n h[a^]nd l[i^]ng), n. [PJC] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • panhandler — noun see panhandle II …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • panhandler — noun /ˈpæn.hænd.lə(ɹ)/ a) One who panhandles; an urban beggar who typically stands on a street with an outstretched container in hand, begging for loose change. b) A bum …   Wiktionary

  • panhandler — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. vagrant, bum, mendicant; see beggar 1 , tramp 1 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Informal. One who begs habitually or for a living: almsman, almswoman, beggar, cadger, mendicant. Slang: bummer, moocher. See REQUEST …   English dictionary for students

  • panhandler — pænhændlÉ™(r) n. beggar, one who seeks charity, one who asks for handouts …   English contemporary dictionary

  • panhandler —    a beggar    From the receptacle he thrusts at you and not necessarily a resident of western Florida:     I saw some [refugees] the next day panhandlers holding politely worded signs. (Theroux, 1995)    Many panhandlers are importunate and some …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

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