According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee shop is the Al Masaa Café, which has 1,050 seats. The coffee shop was inaugurated in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 13 August 2014.
HANKERED
Verb
hankered
simple past tense and past participle of hanker
Anagrams
• daker-hen, dakerhen, harkened
Source: Wiktionary
HANKER
Han"ker, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hankered; p. pr. & vb. n. Hankering.] Etym: [Prob. fr. hang; cf. D. hunkeren, hengelen.]
1. To long (for) with a keen appetite and uneasiness; to have a vehement desire; -- usually with for or after; as, to hanker after fruit; to hanker after the diversions of the town. Addison. He was hankering to join his friend. J. A. Symonds.
2. To linger in expectation or with desire. Thackeray.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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