panhandler

Shortly after moving here, I was approached by a panhandler in the parking garage of the Beverly Center.

He hopes that his ramshackle, crazed aesthetic will prove his sincerity and urgency, like the cardboard signs of the panhandler or proselytizer.

In Kalispell, city leaders approved an ordinance to punish motorists who give money or supplies to panhandlers.

This shift has been felt keenly in the realm of street-level charitable giving — from individual donations to panhandlers and street musicians to the red Salvation Army donation kettles outside grocery stores.

“He was a panhandler. We called him the ‘dollar man.’