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panhandlers

noun

plural of panhandler

as in beggars

a person who lives by public begging a panhandler asking for money to buy food

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Recent Examples of panhandlers But locals can add a couple of dismaying icons to that roster — homeless tents and panhandlers. — Kevin Fagan, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 Feb. 2016 Some worry about robots replacing human jobs, even panhandlers. — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026 Attorneys argued Glendale's rules were overly broad and discriminatorily enforced against impoverished panhandlers, and should have applied equally to high school sports teams holding signs advertising a car wash, or Girl Scouts selling cookies, attorneys said. — Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 23 Sep. 2025 But in a plea reached in September, Alameda County prosecutors allowed Frederic, an Orlando resident, to plead no contest to a lesser offense of obstructing a public roadway, a misdemeanor count more typically associated with the prosecution of aggressive panhandlers. — Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 24 Nov. 2025

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beggars

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Gobert was chief among the beggars imploring his teammates for a shred of consistency on that end of the floor.

— Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 27 Apr. 2026
In the old days beggars were drawn and quartered in that square.

— George Packer, The Atlantic, 6 Nov. 2025

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