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the skinny leftover strip of a state, shaped like what it is named after.
means a narrow strip of territory belonging to one state or country that projects out between two other regions.
from from the literal handle of a frying pan, extended in the 1800s to describe strips of land that stick out narrow and long, like west virginia squeezed between pennsylvania and ohio.
west virginia has twoeastern and northern panhandles, both wedged into neighbors
oklahoma's originleftover strip after 1850 slavery boundary compromises
idaho's shapepanhandle is nearly a fifth of the state
for instance
oklahoma panhandle — 27-mile-wide strip touching new mexico, texas, colorado, kansas
florida panhandle — stretches west along the gulf toward alabama, culturally more southern
texas panhandle — flat plains region, home to amarillo, bordered by oklahoma