https://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/panhandle
panhandle 2 verb [intransitive] especially American English informal
to ask for money in the streets SYN beg
今早開車離開附近的一家超市時，在出入口車道中間隔島上看到了新立的告示牌:
NO
LOITERING
SOLICITING
PANHANDLING
前一陣子還是冬天的時候有幾次在那家超市出入口車道看到有人手裡拿著如下圖的厚紙板牌子乞討：
另外在一些主要道路的中間隔島也常看到有人拿著牌子乞討。有的還帶狗…… 最近這一陣子倒是都消失了。也許冬天比較難熬，需要資助吧。
Aggressive panhandling
… This may be done by vocal appeal (asking, requesting, coercing (badgering), sympathy appeals, harassment, threats, or demands) or by nonvocal appeal (usage of signs or other signals gestures, postures, children, animals, or props such as toys and musical instruments). It is a habitual manipulative, coercive, or intimidatory use of another individual’s sympathy, fear, guilt, or insecurity for monetary gain.
Update 超市那邊仍是沒有，但是在別處公路中間隔島上又看到了……
