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picnic
noun
    1. An outing on which one takes food for eating in the open air.
      Thesaurus: outing, barbecue, cookout (US), excursion.
    2. Food taken or eaten in this way.
verb
    intr
    picnicked, picnicking
    1. To have a picnic.
Idiom: no picnic (not a picnic)
    colloq
    A disagreeable or difficult job or situation.
      Example: Minding young children is no picnic
Derivative: picnicker
noun
    Etymology: 18c: from French pique-nique.



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