Definition of "panhandling" [panhandling]

• Present participle of panhandle. (verb)

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• "I had never heard the term panhandling, and said objected that we had not been passing around a pan or anything, but the ranger explained that the term meant begging."
• "International panhandling is a lucrative business."
• "The problem of aggressive panhandling is even worse in the U-District, from which I moved away last year, in no small part due to the wide range of anti-social and miscreant behaviors."