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hanker

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han·ker  (hngkr)
intr.v. han·kered, han·ker·ing, han·kers
To have a strong, often restless desire.
[Perhaps from Dutch dialectal hankeren; see konk- in Indo-European roots.]
hanker·er n.
hanker
Verb
(foll. by for, after)to have a great desire for [probably from Dutch dialect hankeren]
hankering n
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Verb1.hanker - desire strongly or persistently
long, yearn
pine, yen, yearn, ache, languish - have a desire for something or someone who is not present; "She ached for a cigarette"; "I am pining for my lover"
desire, want - feel or have a desire for; want strongly; "I want to go home now"; "I want my own room"
Translations
Spanish hanker [ˈhæŋkəʳ] vi to hanker after (= miss) → echar de menos (= long for); añorar
French hanker [ˈhæŋkəʳ] vi to hanker after → avoir envie de
German hanker [ˈhæŋkəʳ] vi to hanker after → sich sehnen nach
Italian hanker [ˈhæŋkəʳ] vi to hanker after → bramare
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I don't take to Sunday-school books, dontchuknow--I don't hanker after them when I can get pie--but I READ them, anyway, because whatever the old man tells me to do, that's the thing that I'm a-going to DO, or tear something, you know.
A Tramp Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
Well, anyways, I doan' hanker for no mo' un um, Huck.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Twain, Mark View in context
There's many another man 'ud hanker more than he does.
Silas Marner by Eliot, George View in context
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