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What does hanker mean?

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Verb
  1. To crave, want or desire.
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When you think about decorating a room at home, do you reach for the paint pot and brush, or hanker after a stylish roll of wallpaper?
Domesticity is chic and desirable, and domestic bliss is what millions of women hanker for.
We all watch the same TV shows, gawp at the same handful of celebrities, hanker after the same soft furnishings and hardwood floors.
Other governments hanker after grand projects that do nothing to help the poor.
I still hanker to return home with my family one day but my view of NZ when I was growing up in the 1970's is dead and buried.
With only 30 bedrooms, each stylishly decorated and furnished, this aristocratic hideaway is the perfect retreat for those who hanker after the Spanish grandee lifestyle.

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