A grand summer tradition, a meal taken outside, i.e., alfresco. Usually taken to mean a meal of leisure, distinct from a field hand's lunch.
Possibly from the French pique-nique.
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Re: Picnic
The reference to "pique-nique" causes me to think of the painting "Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe", by Edouard Manet, now residing at the gorgeous Musée d'Orsay in Paris, home also to Whistler's mother, (the "Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1") and many other works whose size exceeds one's expectation.
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