panhandle : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: panhandle	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for panhandle
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
panhandle n a relatively narrow strip of land projecting from some larger area; "Wheeling is located in the northern panhandle of West Virginia" the handle of a pan v beg by accosting people in the street and asking for money
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Panhandle \Pan"han`dle\, n. The handle of a pan; hence, fig., any arm or projection suggestive of the handle of a pan; as, the panhandle of West Virginia, Texas, or Idaho.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Panhandle, TX (town, FIPS 54960) Location: 35.34625 N, 101.38007 W Population (1990): 2353 (985 housing units) Area: 5.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 79068