Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Sharp-set \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.

Source : WordNet®

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}]