panhandler

Significado (Inglés)

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

Conceptos

mendigo

mendiga

Sinónimos

beggar

mendicant

cadger

pauper

prog

vagabond

mumper

spanger

bum

outcast

Traducciones

bedelaar

Bettler

mendiant

accattone

ζητιάνος

επαίτης

mendiante

mendigot

mendicante

accattapane

mendico

pezzente

questuante

armoedzaaier

landloper

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈpæn.hænd.lə(ɹ)/

Etimología (Inglés)

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.