panhandler

Betekenis (Engels)

One who panhandles; an urban beggar who typically stands on a street with an outstretched container in hand, begging for loose change or money.

Sinonieme

beggar

mendicant

cadger

pauper

prog

vagabond

mumper

spanger

bum

outcast

Vertalings

bedelaar

mendiant

Bettler

mendigo

accattone

ζητιάνος

mendiante

mendigot

mendicante

accattapane

الشّحاذ

pezzente

questuante

armoedzaaier

landloper

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈpæn.hænd.lə(ɹ)/

Etimologie (Engels)

Obscure. Speculative. Panhandling always seems to involve a container for receiving loose change, so perhaps the term refers to a small handled pan, or to the container as the pan and the arm(s) holding it as the handle.
Alternatively, possibly from the notion that the shape of one's outstretched arm in relation to a seated or squatting beggar brings to mind the image of a panhandle.