panhandler

Example Sentences

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Shortly after moving here, I was approached by a panhandler in the parking garage of the Beverly Center.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 26, 2024

I was approached by a panhandler while I waited for my traveling companion at a concession stand.

From Washington Post • Jan. 14, 2023

Mr. Slaughter, a panhandler, exchanged words with Mr. Valdivia, which fueled the confrontation.

From Washington Times • Dec. 3, 2022

Another had repeatedly violated a previous neighborhood order of protection and, Whyte wrote, "continues to be a persistent panhandler."

From Salon • Dec. 1, 2022

I might a-knowed you was some new kind of a panhandler when you come a-snortin' in my ear that-a-way.

From The Life of the Party by Preston, James M.