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Formerly, an entertainment at which each person contributed some dish to a common table; now, an excursion or pleasure party in which the members partake of a collation or repast (usually in the open air, and from food c…

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  1. v. Formerly, an entertainment at which each person contributed some dish to a common table; now, an excursion or pleasure party in which the members partake of a collation or repast (usually in the open air, and from food carried by themselves).
  2. v. i. To go on a picnic, or pleasure excursion; to eat in public fashion.
  3. n. a day devoted to an outdoor social gathering
  4. n. any undertaking that is easy to do
  5. n. any informal meal eaten outside or on an excursion
  6. v. eat alfresco, in the open air
  7. Formerly, an entertainment at which each person contributed some dish to a common table; now, an excursion or pleasure party in which the members partake of a collation or repast (usually in the open air, and from food carried by themselves). To go on a picnic, or pleasure excursion; to eat in public fashion.
  8. Formerly, an entertainment at which each person contributedsome dish to a common table; now, an excursion or pleasure party inwhich the members partake of a collation or repast (usually in theopen air, and from food carried by themselves).
  9. v:5/n:95 n. any informal meal eaten outside or on an excursion v. eat alfresco, in the open air