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Meanings of hanker after in English

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Usage of hanker after in English
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And let these wretched relatives enjoy the kingdom which they hanker after.
Twenty-Two Goblins
2
But since I was held up once I don't hanker after it.
Jack of the Pony Express; Or, The Young Rider of the Mountain Tr...
3
I don't guess I hanker after any more night guardin', thank ye.
The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories
4
I don't hanker after learning it, but I've got to, some time.
John Wesley, Jr. / The Story of an Experiment
5
I certainly don't hanker after martyrdom of that sort, and, by God!
Darkness and Dawn
6
Never again let me hanker after the false paradise of Illusion.
The Home and the World
7
He has not learned to despise the dust, and to hanker after gold.
The Crescent Moon
8
They hanker after those only who have tamed their nearer thoughts.
God the Known and God the Unknown
9
She always did hanker after Tom, and she always did dislike the Latriggs.
The Squire of Sandal-Side: A Pastoral Romance
10
They are exceedingly restless, for they always hanker after new companions.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 / Books 13...
11
She did not hanker after woman's rights, nor rail against the male sex.
The Book of the Bush / Containing Many Truthful Sketches of the ...
12
I don't hanker after the stupid joys of family life, as you do.
The Fashionable Adventures of Joshua Craig: A Novel
13
Certainly the People do not already hanker after the Onions & the Garlick!
The Writings of Samuel Adams - Volume 3
14
Oh, don't fancy I am sentimental and hanker after the good old days.
The Trees of Pride
15
Of course all amputees hanker after the state of twinness.
The thirteenth tale: a novel
16
Coaches hanker after work to do on the training ground.
The Irish Times
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