- (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).
- (v.i.) To go on a picnic or pleasure excursion; to eat in public fashion.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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