panhandler
a person who begs for money (a beggar)
TRANSLATION
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STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
"Eddie Murphy was a millionaire at 22. By the time he was 23 his films had grossed $2- billion and he was the Star of the Decade. Paramount gave him a $15-million deal for his role as a PANHANDLER-turned-stockbroker in "Trading Places" with Dan Aykroyd.
(Sunday Times - 6th September 1998)
(Sunday Times - 6th September 1998)
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panhandler (American)
"Panhandler" is said to derive from the Spanish "pan", meaning both bread and money. In American slang "bread" = "money".
Synonyms:
asker, bag lady, bankrupt, borrower, bum, bummer, cadger, chiseler, deadbeat, dependent, destitute, freeloader, hobo, indigent, mendicant, moocher, muzzler, panhandler, pauper, ragbag, rustler, scrounger, sponge, sponger, stiff, street person, stumblebum, supplicant, supplicator, touch artist, tramp, vagabond, vagrant.
"Panhandler" is said to derive from the Spanish "pan", meaning both bread and money. In American slang "bread" = "money".
Synonyms:
asker, bag lady, bankrupt, borrower, bum, bummer, cadger, chiseler, deadbeat, dependent, destitute, freeloader, hobo, indigent, mendicant, moocher, muzzler, panhandler, pauper, ragbag, rustler, scrounger, sponge, sponger, stiff, street person, stumblebum, supplicant, supplicator, touch artist, tramp, vagabond, vagrant.
