sharp-set

sharp-set (comparative more sharp-set, superlative most sharp-set)

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.

   • 1880, Robert Louis Stevenson, Kidnapped:

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

• sharpest, sparthes, spreaths