hanker
verb (used without object)
to have a restless or incessant longing (often followed by after, for, or an infinitive).
hankerer
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a word derived from
hanker.
Example Sentences
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He is also an unrepentantly laid-back hankerer for the surf-and-grass California scene.
From Time Magazine Archive
No hankerer after an east wind should be without them.
From Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler by William Senior
The stingy hankerer after what Corny called four inches of dirt was his father.
From A Jolly Fellowship by Frank Richard Stockton
