picnic
noun
an excursion or outing in which the participants carry food with them and share a meal in the open air.
had picnicked
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past perfectof picnic.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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We had picnicked above the beach among the sand dunes, almost on a kind of plateau.
From "Dragonwings" by Laurence Yep
He was walking in the woods where he had picnicked with his wife.
From "Abel's Island" by William Steig
He wanted to run off to a stream near which the party had picnicked, to cool his hand in the water.
From The Young Berringtons The Boy Explorers by William Henry Giles Kingston
Norah thought, with a catch at her heart, of the last time they had picnicked in the scrub; the happy talk and laughter, the dear foolish jokes and merriment.
From Mates at Billabong by Mary Grant Bruce
A few miles of this river were visible from the top of the mountain where some weeks before the party from the hotel had picnicked.
From The Voyage Out by Virginia Woolf
