Say, he growls out past his cigar, if we tried to lug along every panhandling artist that wanted to graft rent off us, we'd be in fine shape by the end of the year, wouldn't we?
"The House of Torchy"
Sewell Ford
I do not know what lies he told over the telephone or how he managed to squirm out of the San Gabriel trip, but I do know that he turned up at the country club at eleven o'clock on Saturday morning and spent two hours panhandling everybody in sight for a match.
"Fore!"
Charles Emmett Van Loan
The Double R-P-that's what we call it around the office here-assures the client that he won't be reduced to panhandling in his old age, should his other retirement plans fall through.
"The Risk Profession"
Donald Edwin Westlake