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Definitions by M S

panhandler 

One who panhandles.
There are so many panhandlers downtown!
panhandler by M S November 17, 2004
Young homeless people and panhandlers who congregate around Mill Avenue in downtown Tempe, Arizona. Though often used as a derogative term, it is also used by the street people to describe themselves.

Probably coined as a variant of mallrat, with "mall" replaced by Mill Avenue.
Those panhandlers aren't ASU students, dude, they're Millrats.
Millrat by M S November 17, 2004

spainching 

To panhandle. A contraction of "spare change", used primarily Millrats.
That guy made $20 in a half-day of spainching.
spainching by M S November 17, 2004