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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An elderly married couple who live a placid, harmonious life together and are seldom seen apart.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Probably after Darby and Joan, a couple in an 18th-century English ballad.]
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