hankering

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They're kind of hankering, pard, and, mum, if you are willin', and ain't 'fraid to trust her with us, why, we'd be mighty glad to tote her--just for a few minutes--over to camp.

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  1. An uneasy craving or longing to possess or enjoy something. As this is the last republic that fell under the subjection of the Duke of Florence, so is it still supposed to retain many hankerings after its ancient liberty. Addison, Remarks on Italy (ed. Bohn), I. 490. I doubt you have a little hankering there still. Sheridan, The Duenna, ii. 4.

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  • (Don't ask me why as KZ2 is an exclusively single-player experience, but nevertheless it's a great deal on an awesome game and the extra controller that I've been hankering for.) see i dont want the controller, im just after a good deal for motorstorm 2. any deals out there. take off the value of a dual shock $70, and are they selling the game for $69.95? —  Latest from PALGN
  • Meanwhile, at home last night my wife and I had a falafel hankering, an itch that was most decidedly not scratched by the dreadful delivery falafel we received, along with hummus and baba ghanouj that were absolutely without character. —  The Pour
  • The idea, touted in particular by some Americans, that Islamic radicals are envious of Western freedoms is about as convincing as the suggestion that they are secretly hankering to sit in cafés smoking dope and reading Gilles Deleuze. —  Commonweal Magazine
  • England Friday night but then got the hankering to get herself a bit of a make-over. —  Pink is the New Blog | Everybody's Business Is My Business
  • For those still hankering for new work, look off-Broadway where a couple of intriguing possibilities arrive before Thanksgiving. —  Macleans.ca
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