sharp-set

adj

sharp-set

adj

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.

1 more example

"Are ye sharp-set?" he asked, glancing at about the level of my knee. "Ye can eat that drop parritch."1880, Robert Louis Stevenson, Kidnapped:

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