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Chris -- 2018-04-11
The Online ED provides this etiology for hanker:
c.1600, of unknown origin, probably from Flemish hankeren, related to Dutch hunkeren “to hanker,” of unknown origin; perhaps an intensive of Middle Dutch hangen “to hang” (see hang (v.)). If so, the notion is of “lingering about” with longing or craving. Related: Hankered; hankering.
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=hanker
If so, a hankering after something does not differ much from anchoring for it, matey. Something immoveable and deep-seated, maybe.
I have had a anchoring for pizza since you posted this.
https://www.google.ca/search?q=%22where … yAS-zICoAg
after such an intense winter time, I now feel an anchoring for summer, for peeling off a few layers of clothing
http://silviascucina.net/tag/parmigiano-reggiano/
This is also the month when I get an anchoring for my husband’s homemade red wine.
https://e11ephantroom.wordpress.com/201 … in-lattes/
We get pizza here whenever we get an anchoring for real WI cheese!!
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I got this one from another mangled language thread that contained a number of eggcornical beauties.
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Bagged a good one there.
Hatching new language, one eggcorn at a time.
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