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Meanings of
panhandler
in English
Russian
попрошайка
Portuguese
morador de rua
Spanish
pordiosero
Catalan
captaire
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Person who begs on the street, usually for food or money.
beggar
mendicant
Related terms
occupation
Russian
попрошайка
Synonyms
Examples for "
beggar
"
beggar
mendicant
Examples for "
beggar
"
1
The
beggar
again made signs of the cross repeatedly in the air.
2
He was not a
beggar
& was obviously having a good time.
3
And in their wealth the
beggar
and the outcast had due share.
4
The
beggar
rose and walked toward the second booth on the right.
5
The pretended
beggar
took the coin, and put it in his pocket.
1
Servants and masters mingle together, and even the
mendicant
is kindly received.
2
Those who envied this
mendicant
said that he belonged to the police.
3
O lady of the
mendicant
order, I cherish an affection for thee.
4
This kind of
mendicant
is distinctly rural, and belongs to old times.
5
At Sanam Luang he bought a kite from a
mendicant
kite salesman.
Usage of
panhandler
in English
1
A
panhandler
with a cigar in his mouth smiles in Old Havana.
2
The first
panhandler
I met was a woman, the second a large man.
3
Tells how he bought a handmade sign from a homeless
panhandler
.
4
The Mouse looked back after the
panhandler
,
but Lorq kept on.
5
Lisa said you smelled worse than the
panhandler
that hangs around the Red Owl.
6
He looked like a
panhandler
and talked like a scholar.
7
For five years I've been little better than a
panhandler
.
8
You have only my bare word that I'm not a
panhandler
or a crook.
9
Nothing, however, seemed further from the
panhandler
's
thoughts than flight.
10
If a
panhandler
had those, he wouldn't be a
panhandler
.
11
Obedient to the young woman's request, the
panhandler
waited.
12
Any more than that chap, to-night, was a
panhandler
.
13
He became a city bum, a
panhandler
,
a moocher.
14
The
panhandler
got as much as the plutocrat.
15
But then he saw the Smith & Wesson .40 caliber she pulled from the
panhandler
's
waistband.
16
She turned back to regard the
panhandler
,
but he turned away from her and shuffled uptown.
Other examples for "panhandler"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
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panhandler
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
discourage panhandler
drunk panhandler
first panhandler
give a panhandler
homeless panhandler
More collocations
Translations for
panhandler
Russian
попрошайка
Portuguese
morador de rua
moradores de rua
mendigos
indigentes
mendigo
indigente
Spanish
pordiosero
pordiosera
mendigo
indigente
Catalan
captaire
pidolaire
pobre home
Panhandler
through the time