picnics

Tracy children were young, and held what they called their picnics there under the thick boughs of the pines which shaded them from both heat and cold.

Tracy Park Mary Jane Holmes 1866

What we call picnics are very rare, and when attempted, do not often succeed well.

Domestic Manners of the Americans 1832

We had a lot of picnics, which is the outing of choice in Jeddah.

Zoë Ferraris answers questions about her first novel, Finding Nouf, the first in an amateur detective series set in Saudi Arabia 2010

But for the first three pieces last night, I kept having the sense-memory of picnics, which is a bit weird and probably my imagination running away with me.

Saturday catbear 2007

Well, the picnics were a success for two summers and got us Liberal-Conservatives re-established as the government of Canada.

Dominion of Canada Day Luncheon 1983

That afternoon we attended _en masse_ one of those refined inquisitions commonly known as picnics, and Winthrop lost his pocket-knife.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 106, August, 1866 Various

Nay, and the picnics were the means, although indirectly, of bringing me a singular windfall.

The Wrecker 1898

But the boss of all the picnics was the Presbyteriun!

Love-Songs of Childhood Eugene Field 1872

Before its critics leap into print, let me hasten to say that it was not referring to picnics - just describing how two nice warm bits of meteorological bread have enclosed some very chilly meat.

Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Geoffrey Lean 2011

Activities such as picnics, walks, riding, croquet, billiards and lawn tennis could show off the young lady at her best angle and prove to the gentleman her intelligence and worthiness of being his bride.

The Country House Party | Edwardian Promenade 2009