[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

hanker \han"ker\ ha^ng"k~er, v. i. imp.  p. p.
   hankered -k~erd; p. pr.  vb. n. hankering. prob.
   fr. hang; cf. d. hunkeren, hengelen.
   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. --addison.
      1913 webster

            he was hankering to join his friend.  --j. a.
                                                  symonds.
      1913 webster

   2. to linger in expectation or with desire. --thackeray.
      1913 webster
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