as in beggar
a person who lives by public begging
a panhandler asking for money to buy food
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Recent Examples of panhandler
Attorneys argued Glendale's rules were overly broad and discriminatorily enforced against impoverished panhandlers, and should have applied equally to high school sports teams holding signs advertising a car wash, or Girl Scouts selling cookies, attorneys said.
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Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 23 Sep. 2025
Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 23 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for panhandler
beggar
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In the old days beggars were drawn and quartered in that square.—
George Packer,
The Atlantic,
6 Nov. 2025
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In Havana, beggars are ubiquitous.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Panhandler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/panhandler. Accessed 17 Nov. 2025.
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