panhandle

Short definition from Wiktionary

Noun

1. 1
   The handle of a pan.
2. 2
   An area within a nation or subnational division that appears to stick out or project when viewed on a map; an especially elongated salient.
3. 3
   The handle that activates an ejector seat.

Verb

1. 1
   To beg for money, especially with a container in hand for receiving loose change, especially on the street, and particularly, as a homeless or vagrant person.
2. 2
   To elicit; to attempt to obtain or provoke a certain response or answer.

Proper noun

1. 1
   A city, the county seat of Carson County, Texas, United States.
2. 2
   The Alaskan Panhandle.