Darby and Joan


noun
  1. a happily married elderly couple who lead a placid, uneventful life.

Origin of Darby and Joan

1
Named after a couple mentioned in an 18th-century song

Words Nearby Darby and Joan

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How to use Darby and Joan in a sentence

  • It could not begin at once then, that Darby-and-Joan pairing-off that so suitable match which little Olwen had planned.

  • Come, let us settle the matter now on the spot—the bona fide Darby-and-Joan-ness.

    Horace Chase | Constance Fenimore Woolson

British Dictionary definitions for Darby and Joan

Darby and Joan

/ (ˈdɑːbɪ) /


noun
  1. an ideal elderly married couple living in domestic harmony

  2. Darby and Joan Club a club for elderly people

Origin of Darby and Joan

1
C18: a couple in an 18th-century English ballad

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