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Darby and Joan

noun

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

Origin:
named after a couple mentioned in an 18th-century song

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Darby and Joan (ˈdɑːbɪ)

—n
1.	an ideal elderly married couple living in domestic harmony
2.	Darby and Joan Club a club for elderly people

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

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