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| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Darby and Joan A loving, old-fashioned, virtuous couple. The names belong to a ballad written by Henry Woodfall, and the characters are those of John Darby, of Bartholomew Close, who died 1730, and his wife, "As chaste as a picture cut in alabaster. You might sooner move a Scythian rock than shoot fire into her bosom." Woodfall served his apprenticeship to John Darby. "Perhaps some day or other we may be Darby And Joan." - Lord Lytton. The French equivalent is C'est St. Roch et son chien. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Marriage | Feme, feme coverte; squaw, lady; matron, matronage, matronhood; man and wife; wedded pair, Darby and Joan; spiritual wife. |
Seclusion Exclusion | Inhospitality, inhospitableness; Adjective: dissociability; domesticity, Darby and Joan. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Movie/TV Titles | Darby and Joan (1937) Like Darby and Joan (1913) Darby and Joan (1912) | |
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Expression using "DARBY AND JOAN": darby and joan club. Additional references. | |
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| Language | Translations for "DARBY AND JOAN"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Spanish | matrimonio ideal. (various references) | |
Turkish | uyumlu yaşlı çift, birbirine bağlı yaşlı çift. (various references) | |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-a-b-d-d-j-n-n-o-r-y" | |
-5 letters: abandon, bandana, bandora. | |
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| 1. Usage: Modern 2. Images: Slideshow 3. Expressions 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Anagrams 6. Bibliography |
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