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hanker after

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han⋅ker

[hang-ker]
–verb (used without object)
to have a restless or incessant longing (often fol. by after, for, or an infinitive).

Origin:
1595–1605; < early D dial. hankeren (c. D hunkeren), freq. of hangen to hang


han⋅ker⋅er, noun


See yearn.
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hanker 
1601, probably from Flem. hankeren, related to Du. hunkeren "to hanker," perhaps intens. of M.Du. hangen "to hang." The notion is of "lingering about" with longing or craving.
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