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Sharp-set  adj.  Eager in appetite or desire of gratification; affected by keen hunger; ravenous; as, an eagle or a lion sharp-set. "The town is sharp-set on new plays."





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... Whereupon, feeling sharp-set with the cold and the day's labour, he replenished the fire with a beech faggot, resumed the riding cloak he had undone and, after giving his servant some instructions, went forth to sup in a tavern. He went ...
— The Path of the King • John Buchan


Words linked to "Sharp-set" :   hungry, esurient, starved, ravenous, famished


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