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Examples
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Hankering after some half-hearted pre-season kickabout action featuring Arsenal, the Queen's Celtic, Lyon and AC Milan?
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Sarah has a Hankering for Kissing, or maybe she was just visiting with Hank Kissinger!
Beat 360° 9/23/08 2008
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Hankering for some of that old magic, Costner was inclined to forgo on rustling up outside backing for the political yarn; instead, he opted to fund the project himself to the tune of $21 mil.
Kevin Costner…fool’s gold. “Swing Vote” a stinker! « Julian Ayrs & Pop Culture 2008
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Hankering for some "special" butter, but just don't feel like whipping it up yourself?
Archive 2007-01-01 C N Heidelberg 2007
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Hankering for personal privileges, nepotism, careerism, abuse of power, enrichment and other forms of self-interest, those afflicted with the petty bourgeois mode of thinking gain the upper hand among the leading functionaries in the party, state, economy and cultural institutions and give rise to modern revisionism as bourgeois ideology and as platform for bourgeois policies.
DECLARATION TO REAFFIRM THE SIGNIFICANCE AND RELEVANCE OF THE ANTI-REVISIONIST STRUGGLE AND THE GPCR Abhay N 2007
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Hankering for a smoke, Montoya slipped on covers for his shoes, and made his way toward the house, careful not to disturb an investigator snapping pictures of the overgrown path to the door.
Shiver Jackson, Lisa 2006
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The Five Hindrances are (1) Hankering after worldly advantages,
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Various
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"Hankering after that mountain all night," Aunt Amy muttered.
David and the Phoenix Edward Ormondroyd
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[Illustration: CHEMICAL FLORA] "I suppose that Botts, after he had lived with you for awhile, didn't have any Hankering Desire to hear you Recite," suggested the Modern
Fables in Slang George Ade 1905
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"Are you far enough from the Shell to have any definite Hankering?"
Ade's Fables George Ade 1905
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