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persons from Porlock

persons from Porlock is the plural of person from Porlock.

Meaning of person from Porlock

Noun

person from Porlock (plural persons from Porlock or people from Porlock)

  1. (idiomatic) One whose inconvenient interruption prevents the completion of something important.

Questions about persons from Porlock

What is persons from Porlock the plural of?
Persons from Porlock is the plural of person from Porlock.

Words near persons from Porlock in the dictionary

  1. personologists
  2. personology
  3. personpower
  4. persons
  5. persons deprived of liberty
  6. persons from Porlock
  7. persons having ordinary skill in the art
  8. persons of interest
  9. persons of ordinary skill in the art
  10. persons unknown
  11. persons up

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