Sentences with phrase «of avoirdupois»

So although the Evora was quite special out of the box, the development that would have smoothed out some rough edges and eliminated some of the avoirdupois had not occurred.

Not exact matches

Those who did obtain the book could reflect on what it really meant to pray their weight away by pondering such apparently irrefutable points as, «When God first dreamed you into creation, there weren't one hundred pounds of excess avoirdupois hanging around your belt.»

Also during this period Buono began going the talk - show route, regaling audiences with his self - deprecating poetry, most of it centered on his avoirdupois («I think that I shall never see / My feet»).

The real cost of all that avoirdupois comes in fuel economy and emissions.