hankering
Verb
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Verb
- present participle of hanker#English|hanker
- 2008 May 23, James Graff, "[http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1808953,00.html Lost: Labour's Love for Brown]," Time:
- [T]here is a clear sense that Britain is hankering for a change at the top.
- 2008 May 23, James Graff, "[http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1808953,00.html Lost: Labour's Love for Brown]," Time:
hankering (plural hankerings)
- (often, followed by for or after) A strong, restless desire, longing, or mental inclination.
- 1848, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair, Chapter 24:
- " […] You don't mean," Mr. Osborne continued, gathering wrath and astonishment as the thought now first came upon him; "you don't mean that he's such a d—— fool as to be still hankering after that swindling old bankrupt's daughter? […] "
- 2010 Aug. 12, Michael D. Lemonick, "[http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,2009968,00.html Study: Lucy's Relatives Used Tools to Butcher Meat]," Time:
- In other words, some species of human ancestor . . . not only had a hankering for meat, which scientists had not expected, but used tools to get it.
- 1848, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair, Chapter 24:
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