the handle of a pan.

( sometimes initial capital letter ) a long, narrow, projecting strip of territory that is not a peninsula, esp. such a part of a specified state

the panhandle of Alaska; the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles.

verb

ask alms , bum * , cadge * , freeload * , hit up , hold out one’s hand , hustle , live hand to mouth , mooch * , pass the hat , scrounge , solicit charity , sponge * , bum , cadge , beg , solicit