twenty-footer
n.— «The Packard had been fully restored, but the GTO needed significant work. Ray calls it a “20-footer,” enthusiast parlance for a car that looks good from 20 feet or more, but reveals a number of problem areas when viewed up close.» —“Car dreams come true Love of classics has lasted a lifetime” Ann Arbor News (Mich.) Oct. 13, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
What if, instead of being an inanimate object, a dictionary were alive? That’s the idea behind a lavishly illustrated new children’s book called The Dictionary Story (Bookshop|Amazon) by Oliver Jeffers and Sam Winston. This is part of a...
Mary Beth in Greenville, South Carolina, wonders: Why do we say four-oh-nine for the number 409 instead of four-zero-nine or four-aught-nine? What are the rules for saying either zero or oh or aught or ought to indicate that arithmetical symbol...