sharp-set
Americanadjective
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eager to satisfy the appetite, especially for food.
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keen or eager.
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set to present a sharply angled edge.
adjective
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set to give an acute cutting angle
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keenly hungry
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keen or eager
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of sharp-set
First recorded in 1530–40
Example Sentences
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She thought they had lost caste in his eyes; but Phillis, who was shrewd and sharp-set in her wits, read him more truly.
From Not Like Other Girls by Rosa Nouchette Carey
"Such sharp-set cattle should bring their provender with them," replied the domestic, as she went about increasing her store of provision in compliance with her master's directions.
From Rob of the Bowl, Vol. I (of 2) A Legend of St. Inigoe's by John P. Kennedy
This pleases you, and you step about the place and come in sharp-set for breakfast.
From Deep Moat Grange by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
He will not refuse, being always sharp-set for a cup.
From Under the Rose by Frederic Stewart Isham
But with never a halt we went on our way, sharp-set to reach Edinburgh.
From The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
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