panhandling

English

Noun

panhandling (usually uncountable, plural panhandlings)

1. The act or habit of begging for money.
   • 1974, B. Clarence Hall, The Burning Season, page 5:

     The old owner was dead now and the son who had taken over had had to bar Tolie from the movie show because the hunchback annoyed the crowds with his periodic panhandlings up and down the aisles.

Verb

panhandling

1. present participle and gerund of panhandle

Translations

begging

• Danish: betleri n, tiggeri n
• German: Bettelei f