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sharp-set

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

Origin:
1530–40


sharp-setness, noun
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sharp-set

adjective
extremely hungry; "they were tired and famished for food and sleep"; "a ravenous boy"; "the family was starved and ragged"; "fell into the esurient embrance of a predatory enemy" [syn: famished
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