hanker | Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

Hanker
·vi To linger in expectation or with desire. II. Hanker ·vi To long (for) with a keen appetite and ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
to hanker
To have an incessant wish.--Johnson. Dr. Johnson says this word is scarcely used except in familiar ...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.