hanker
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
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hankers;
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Britannica Dictionary definition of HANKER
[no object]
informal + old-fashioned
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to have a strong or constant desire for something
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She is still hankering after [=longing for] a return to the good old days. = She is still hankering to return to the good old days.
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By the middle of the winter, they were hankering for a warm day.
— hankering
noun, informal + old-fashioned [singular]-
They had/felt a hankering for ice cream.
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She had a hankering to buy a new car.
