picnic
noun
an excursion or outing in which the participants carry food with them and share a meal in the open air.
have been picnicking
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present perfect progressiveof picnic.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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Why, my dear madam, you forget that we have been picnicking in a boat.
From The Rajah of Dah by George Manville Fenn
