Meanings
In reference to an unwelcome visitor described by Samuel Taylor Coleridge as interrupting him during his composition of the poem Kubla Khan in 1797, and preventing its completion.
One whose inconvenient interruption prevents the completion of something important.
Example Sentences
1
Sorry, I can't come to the party tonight. A person from Porlock called and I have to take their call.
2
I was in the middle of writing a poem when a person from Porlock knocked on my door.
3
I had almost solved the puzzle when a person from Porlock interrupted me with a question.
4
She was about to reveal her big secret when a person from Porlock entered the room.
5
The writer's inspiration was cut short by a person from Porlock who wanted to discuss something irrelevant.
