Darby and Joan

noun

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

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of Darby and Joan¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of Darby and Joan¹

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

Example Sentences

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg