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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hanker \Han"ker\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Hankered}; p. pr & vb
n. {Hankering}.] [Prob. fr hang; cf D. hunkeren, hengelen.]
1. To long for with a keen appetite and uneasiness; to have
a vehement desire; -- usually with for or after as to
hanker after fruit; to hanker after the diversions of the
town. --Addison.
He was hankering to join his friend. --J. A.
Symonds
2. To linger in expectation or with desire. --Thackeray.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
hanker
v : desire strongly or persistently [syn: {long}, {yearn}]
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