sharp-set

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English

Adjective

sharp-set (comparative more sharp-set, superlative most sharp-set)

  1. (dated, idiomatic) eager in appetite or desire of gratification; ravenous
    an eagle or a lion sharp-set
    • December 7, 1711, Henry Cromwell, letter to Alexander Pope
      The town is sharp-set on new plays.
    • 1880, Robert Louis Stevenson, Kidnapped:
      "Are ye sharp-set?" he asked, glancing at about the level of my knee. "Ye can eat that drop parritch."

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