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Meanings of have a hankering in English

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Usage of have a hankering in English
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But I have a hankering to work the thing out on my own.
The Haunted Bookshop
2
Medieval persons who have a hankering after tournaments and crawl about worshipping women.
Doctor Claudius, A True Story
3
I don't have a hankering to bet against you on anything concerning lumber.
Serena
4
Don't you ever have a hankering to drop it all and go back?
Burning Daylight
5
Most people have a hankering for something they can't have.
Sympathy for the devil
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You have a hankering for the sea, you say.
Humphrey Bold: A Story of the Times of Benbow
7
You might suddenly have a hankering to watch SNL.
Wired
8
You see, I still have a hankering for aëroplanes.
Grace Harlowe's Junior Year at High School / Or, Fast Friends in...
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I have suddenly acquired a thirst for champagne-inother words, I have a hankering for the nobility.
Truxton King: A Story of Graustark
10
Once he and his mistress have a hankering after this poor little child, they will have her.
Mysteries of Paris — Volume 03
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You have a hankering for some mooching?
The Irish Times
12
If you have a hankering for widows, never run after one who has been in the business more than once.
Punchinello, Volume 2, No. 39, December 24, 1870.
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Writing for Bloomberg, Vines asked the world's top chefs where they get their fix when they have a hankering for fast food.
The South African
14
Most of us know what it's like to have a hankering or a longing for a food we love, and simply must have.
The Irish Times
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There's my girls, they are just two young geese, and they have a hankering after popery, having had a Jesuit in the house.
Lothair
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So you have €35,000 to spend and you have a hankering for something rugged, tough and high up.
The Irish Times
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