Meaning

1 senses
  1. One who panhandles; an urban beggar who typically stands on a street with an outstretched container in hand, begging for loose change or money.

    Bettler, Bettlerin

    попрошайкаpoprošajka

    жебра́кžebrák, жебра́чкаžebráčka

    a beggar who approaches strangers asking for money

Examples

5 sentences
  1. Yanni gave some change to a panhandler.

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  2. All panhandlers ask for dimes—but this one had a very special purpose!

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  3. Yanni was a panhandler.

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  4. Tom became a panhandler.

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  5. Only when there's a country where a poor panhandler can become head of state can we say there's a true democracy.

    ruТолько когда будет существовать страна, где нищий попрошайка может стать главой государства, мы сможем сказать, что есть истинная демократия.

    deErst wenn es ein Land geben wird, in dem ein armer Bettler Staatspräsident werden kann, werden wir sagen dürfen, dass es eine wirkliche Demokratie gibt.

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Translations

4 languages
Українська
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Русский
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Deutsch
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Origin

Obscure. Speculative. Panhandling always seems to involve a container for receiving loose

Obscure. Speculative. Panhandling always seems to involve a container for receiving loose change, so perhaps the term refers to a small handled pan, or to the container as the pan and the arm(s) holding it as the handle.

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Forms

plural: panhandlers
Singularpanhandler
Pluralpanhandlers

regular

Word family

1 related words
Relatedpanhandle

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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