This is about the topographical term; when used as a verb, panhandle means to approach strangers and beg for money.

A panhandle is a geographic term for a long and usually thin projection of a U.S. state. The term derives from the analogous part of a cooking pan.

Panhandles in the United States include:

• Alaska Panhandle
• Eastern Panhandle and Northern Panhandle in West Virginia
• Florida Panhandle
• Idaho Panhandle
• Maryland Panhandle
• Nebraska Panhandle
• Oklahoma Panhandle
• Texas Panhandle

There is also The Panhandle in San Francisco, California

The panhandle shape is usually the result of politically-established boundaries, though it may partly be influenced by geographic features such as mountain ranges. A panhandle is topographically similar to a peninsula, though it is never surrounded on three sides by water.

Panhandles elsewhere:

• New Brunswick Panhandle

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• Bootheel of Missouri and New Mexico