Noah Webster
Hanker
HANK'ER, verb intransitive
1. To long for with a keen appetite and uneasiness; in a literal sense; as, to hanker for fruit, or after fruit.
2. To have a vehement desire of something, accompanied with uneasiness; as, to hanker after the diversions of the town.
It is usually followed by after. It is a familiar, but not a low word.