Darby and Joan

Definitions

A proverbial married couple content to share a quiet life of mutual devotion.

plural, plural-only

Examples

“"[…] he told me that he and your mother, when they travel⟳ together, are always mistaken for a honeymoon couple. Some of the experiences he related to me were really quite amusing." The stranger laughed at recollection of them—"that even here in this place⟳, they are generally referred to as 'Darby and Joan.'"”

“The house where the Batesons had lived—a dear old couple, a pleasantly tottering, Darby and Joan pair, always ready to welcome⟳ little Miss⟳ Vane and give⟳ her strawberries and seedy-cake.”

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