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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 sharp-set /ˈʃɑrpˈsɛt/
 (a.)飢餓的,渴望的,鋒利的

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Sharp-set a. Eager in appetite or desire of gratification; affected by keen hunger; ravenous; as, an eagle or a lion sharp-set.
    The town is sharp-set on new plays.   --Pope.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 sharp-set
      adj : 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, ravenous, starved,
             esurient]