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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
hanker .
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Examples
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I ain't kickin ', you understand, nary bit; but onct in a dog's age I kind of hankers fer a decent look from one of' em.
Blazed Trail Stories and Stories of the Wild Life Stewart Edward White 1909
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One object of these chapters consists in showing how open everybody is to deception, that nearly everybody "hankers" after it, that solid and solemn realities are frequently set aside for silly impositions and delusions, and that people, as a too general thing, like to be led into the region of mystery.
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It's a cross between "I got mine" and survival of the fitest. hankers
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Capello hankers after a rejuvenation of England but has usually had to limit the experiments because of the risk entailed.
Fabio Capello's chance to leave an England legacy tinged with optimism | Kevin McCarra 2011
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The Republicans have – to quote Robert Jackson – the "fanatical conviction that all thought is divinely classified into two kinds: that which is their own and that which is false and dangerous." hankers
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We will tell you what you can and can't do. hankers
Florida GOP chair: Obama trying to 'indoctrinate' children 2009
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You're not the majority, and you're not the only real americans either! hankers
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Fortunately for him (or unfortunately), Rumpelstiltskin gives him the chance to relive that life he hankers for one day.
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April 28th, 2010 11: 23 pm ET if crist goes indie, he gets my floridian vote. otherwise, who was the democrat in that race again? jeez kendrick, you sat this one out huh? hankers
Steele: Crist win 'a real possibility' in three-way race 2010
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This is the kind of people you want your politicians to be?? hankers
Source: Joe Wilson racking up the dollars after 'you lie' comment 2009
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