HANKERS
Verb
hankers
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hanker
Anagrams
• harkens, shanker
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