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hanker

hanker [ hángkər ] (3rd person present singular hankers, present participle hankering, past and past participle hankered)


intransitive verb 
Definition:
 
want something: to want something very badly and persistently
hankers after something she can't have

[Early 17th century. Origin ?]

hankerer noun
hankering noun
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