sharp-set

[ shahrp-set ]

/ ˈʃɑrpˌsɛt /

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adjective

eager to satisfy the appetite, especially for food.

keen or eager.

set to present a sharply angled edge.

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Origin of sharp-set

First recorded in 1530–40

OTHER WORDS FROM sharp-set

sharp-setness, noun

Words nearby sharp-set

sharpish, sharp-nosed, sharp practice, Sharps, Sharpsburg, sharp-set, sharp-shinned hawk, sharpshooter, sharp-sighted, sharp-tailed grouse, sharp-tailed sparrow

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How to use sharp-set in a sentence

Being sharp-set for his breakfast, he came away, telling Ketira he would see her again by-and-by.
Johnny Ludlow, Fourth Series|Mrs. Henry Wood
It was eight o'clock, and John had been afield for a couple of hours and had come back with his appetite sharp set.
The Imaginary Marriage|Henry St. John Cooper
A hurried toilet and they went downstairs, sharp-set for breakfast after the long, refreshing sleep.
The Magnetic North|Elizabeth Robins (C. E. Raimond)
Oh, Noel, stinging memory is more merciless than sharp-set hair shirts that fret the flesh.
A Speckled Bird|Augusta J. Evans Wilson

I do not think Thus dry and meagre Erisicthon show'd, When pinc'ed by sharp-set famine to the quick.
The Vision of Purgatory, Complete|Dante Alighieri

British Dictionary definitions for sharp-set

sharp-set

adjective

set to give an acute cutting angle

keenly hungry

keen or eager

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