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plural picnics
An informal social gathering, usually in a natural outdoor setting, to which the participants bring their own food and drink. examples
The meal eaten at such a gathering. examples
(figurative) An easy or pleasant task. quotations examples
"Don't put your hand on me," said Uncle Henry irritably. "I'm crawling with lice. War would be a picnic if it wasn't for lice and dysentery. […]
1936 June 30, Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; republished New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, 1944,
(obsolete) An entertainment at which each person contributed some dish to a common table.
A cut of pork from the shoulder area (above the front leg) of a pig. quotations examples
Smoked picnics of medium weights - from 6 to 8 pounds - are selling at wholesale at present for about half the price of fancy hams. Standard bacon of medium weights is another smoked product that is selling […]
1923, The National Provisioner, page 50
Smoked picnics (calas) are pork shoulders with the butt portion removed just beyond the knuckle bone. Shoulder butts are boneless […]
1940, War Department Technical Manual, page 53
Smoked picnics are sold whole and usually fully cooked. When sold boneless they are called pork shoulder roll.COOKING HAMS AND PICNICSRoasting : Roast a fully cooked ham or picnic according to […]
2001, Good Housekeeping, The Good Housekeeping Illustrated Cookbook, Hearst Books, page 218
third-person singular simple present picnics, present participle picnicking, simple past and past participle picnicked
To take part in a picnic. quotations examples
And I'll never forget the chillingly instinctive racism. "Sure is pretty countryside. Pity it's spoiled by the niggers picknickin."
2000, Bill Oddie, Gripping Yarns, page 71