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]
27 Moby Thesaurus words for "panhandler": 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