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hanker


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. "He was hankering to join his friend." (J. A. Symonds)

2. To linger in expectation or with desire.

Origin: Prob. Fr. Hang; cf. D. Hunkeren, hengelen.

Source: Websters Dictionary