Picnic

In contemporary usage, picnic can be defined simply as a pleasure excursion at which a meal is eaten outdoors, ideally, taking place in a beautiful landscape.

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Formerly, picnic meant a potluck, an entertainment at which each person contributed some dish to a common table for all to share.

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The first usage of the word was traced to a 16th century French text, describing a group of people dining in a restaurant who brought their own wine. A theory has it that the word picnic is based on the verb piquer which means 'pick' or 'peck' with the rhyming nique perhaps meaning trifle.

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The 1692 edition of Origines de la Langue Fran?oise de M?nage, which mentions 'piquenique' as being of recent origin, marks the first appearance of the word in print. The word picnic first appeared in English texts in the mid-1700s, and may have entered the English language from this French word or from the German Picknick.

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Meal: :For the coarsely ground flour, see flour....

Landscape: Landscape can mean:...

Potluck: A potluck or potluck dinner is a gathering of people for a meal where most of the participants bring food to be shared among everyone at the gathering. These gatherings are often organized by churches and other community groups....

Picnic related Images and Photos (experimental)

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Picnic in Sonoma	Picnic by the Sea	A Picnic 1957	Summer Picnic July 28 2006