sharp-set
Adjektiv
Eager in appetite or desire of gratification; ravenous.
Gebrauch- veraltend
- idiomatic
- Beispiele
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an eagle or a lion sharp-set
December 7, 1711, Henry Cromwell, letter to Alexander Pope The town is sharp-set on new plays.
Weitere Beispiele (1)
"Are ye sharp-set?" he asked, glancing at about the level of my knee. "Ye can eat that drop parritch."
Adjektiv
extremely hungry
- Beispiele
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they were tired and famished for food and sleep
a ravenous boy
Weitere Beispiele (2)
the family was starved and ragged
fell into the esurient embrace of a predatory enemy
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