Hanker

Definition:

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

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