panhandle (noun)

a relatively narrow strip of land projecting from some larger area

"Wheeling is located in the northern panhandle of West Virginia"

panhandle (verb)

the handle of a pan

panhandle (verb)

beg by accosting people in the street and asking for money

Panhandle

A panhandle is an American informal geographic term for an elongated arm-like protrusion of a geo-political entity, such as a subnational entity or a sovereign state.

panhandle

A salient (also known as a panhandle or bootheel) is an elongated protrusion of a geopolitical entity, such as a subnational entity or a sovereign state. While similar to a peninsula in shape, a salient is most often not surrounded by water on three sides. Instead, it has a land border on at least two sides and extends from the larger geographical body of the administrative unit. In American English, the term panhandle is often used to describe a relatively long and narrow salient, such as the westernmost extensions of Florida and Oklahoma. Another term is bootheel, used for the Missouri Bootheel and New Mexico Bootheel areas.