hanker after or for
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hanker after or for
verb desire, want, long for, hope for, crave, covet, wish for, yearn for, pine for, lust after, eat your heart out, ache for, yen for (informal), itch for, set your heart on, hunger for or after, thirst for or after In 1969 I hankered after a floor-length suede coat.
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