Hypertext Webster Gateway: "panhandle"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Panhandle \Pan"han`dle\, n.
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
panhandle
n 1: a relatively narrow strip of land projecting from some
larger area; "Wheeling is located in the northern
panhandle of West Virginia"
2: the handle of a pan
v : beg by accosting people in the street and asking for money
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