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sharp-set

[shahrp-set]
adjective
  1. eager to satisfy the appetite, especially for food.
  2. keen or eager.
  3. set to present a sharply angled edge.
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Origin of sharp-set

First recorded in 1530–40
Related formssharp-set·ness, noun
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Historical Examples of sharp-set

  • Above all things they were sharp-set to hurry forward the thing they had it in their minds to do.

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    Irvin S. Cobb

  • And if she has refused once, fly her sharp-set the next time.

  • I had had no appetite for a week before, and I have been as sharp-set as a Danube pike ever since.'

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    Charles Kingsley

  • But with never a halt we went on our way, sharp-set to reach Edinburgh.

  • Presently Alfred appeared, sharp-set after a good day's business.

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    Horace Annesley Vachell

British Dictionary definitions for sharp-set

sharp-set

adjective
  1. set to give an acute cutting angle
  2. keenly hungry
  3. keen or eager
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