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

The service, which offers 3,000 hours of programming in total, has six new original series launching this year and nine slated for 2022, including “Darby and Joan,” an eight-episode mystery set in Australia and starring Bryan Brown and Greta Scacchi.

From Los Angeles Times

The Bakers run the weekly Darby and Joan Club at the centre on Ilsley Road and said they initially thought they had a "resident ghost".

From BBC

We always used to say, "We can always live together when we get older and retire. We'll be like Darby and Joan and have a few tea parties."

From BBC

Their wor Jonathan Craven, Mic Morrell and me, And a lot o more lads at wur for a spree; There wur Nedwin o George’s and Pete Featherstone, They sat side by side like Darby and Joan; And I hardly can tell yo, but yor noan to a shade, But I knaw they wur Ingham and little Jack Wade.

From Project Gutenberg

"Well, Darby and Joan," she said, smiling, as she established herself in the most comfortable chair.

From Project Gutenberg