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Synonyms for panhandle
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : pan-han-dl |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpænˌhæn dl |
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Définition of panhandle
Origin :- "something resembling the handle of a pan," 1851, from pan (n.) + handle (n.). Especially in reference to geography, originally American English, from 1856, in reference to Virginia (now West Virginia; Florida, Texas, Idaho, Oklahoma, and Alaska also have them). Meaning "an act of begging" is attested from 1849, perhaps from notion of arm stuck out like a panhandle, or of one who handles a (beggar's) pan.
- verb beg
- It was a hard-luck symposium, of course; but there was more to it than just a panhandle touch.
- Extract from : « Shorty McCabe » by Sewell Ford
- Yet there was no better line-rider in the Panhandle than Jumbo Wilkins.
- Extract from : « Oh, You Tex! » by William Macleod Raine
- Somehow the sobriquet had clung to him even after his return to the Panhandle.
- Extract from : « Oh, You Tex! » by William Macleod Raine
- I'm not goin' to beg you on my knees to take the best job in the Panhandle.
- Extract from : « Oh, You Tex! » by William Macleod Raine
- The cañon was at that time a terra incognita to these cattlemen of the Panhandle.
- Extract from : « Oh, You Tex! » by William Macleod Raine
- Either of these men could have traveled the Panhandle blindfolded.
- Extract from : « Oh, You Tex! » by William Macleod Raine
- But lately a company of the Texas Rangers had moved up into the Panhandle.
- Extract from : « Oh, You Tex! » by William Macleod Raine
- Yet it would be easy to overstate the lawlessness of the Panhandle.
- Extract from : « Oh, You Tex! » by William Macleod Raine
- Amarillo in the Panhandle was then purely a cattleman's town.
- Extract from : « Ranching, Sport and Travel » by Thomas Carson
- "Him an' th' Deacon was killed over in th' Panhandle," he said.
- Extract from : « Hopalong Cassidy's Rustler Round-Up » by Clarence Edward Mulford
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