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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
Example sentences :
  • 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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