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Hanker

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(1):

(v. i.) To linger in expectation or with desire.

(2):

(v. i.) 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.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Hanker'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​h/hanker.html. 1828.
 
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