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Panhandling (noun) means begging for money, especially in the street.

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Begging for money, especially in the street.
"The old owner was dead now and the son who had taken over had had to bar Tolie from the movie show because the hunchback annoyed the crowds with his periodic panhandlings up and down the aisles." — B. Clarence Hall, The Burning Season (1974)
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"panhandling" (noun) means begging for money, especially in the street.
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