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panic (2)
panic attack
panic bolt
panic button
panic buying
panic disorder
panic grass
panic room
panic stations
panic-stricken
panicle
panicmonger
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Panislamism
Panjabi
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panhandle (2)

pan·han·dle [ pán hànd'l ] (past and past participle pan·han·dled, present participle pan·han·dling, 3rd person present singular pan·han·dles)


transitive and intransitive verb 
Definition:
 
beg money from strangers: to beg for money on the street by approaching and talking to passers-by

[Late 19th century. Probably < a supposed resemblance of an arm stretched out to beg to the handle of a pan]

pan·han·dler noun
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