"Darby and Joan" meaning in All languages combined

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          "ref": "1904 November 19, Jerome Klapka Jerome, “The Passing of the Third Floor Back”, in Saturday Evening Post:",
          "text": "\"[…] 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.'\"",
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          "ref": "1937, Dorothy L. Sayers, Busman's Honeymoon:",
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