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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a picnicking" is not correct in standard written English.
It is not typically used because "picnicking" is a gerund and does not require an article like "a" before it.
Example: "We enjoyed picnicking in the park on a sunny day."
Alternatives: "a picnic" or "having a picnic".
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A picnicking family have had the same idea.
On June 30, a picnicking couple were robbed at gunpoint near Wollman Rink.
The D.J.'s spun M.I.A. and Talking Heads, and the musicians Hanni El Khatib and Sondre Lerche played to a picnicking audience.
A man who allegedly hurled anti-Islamic abuse at a picnicking family before driving his car in circles around them has appeared before a NSW court.
From the tram I followed a crowd of families and the youthful-and-pierced down a path until we came to a lopsided natural amphitheater, full of a picnicking, beer-drinking B.Y.O.G. (guitar) crowd.
While the passengers smoke 'like lime kilns', the 6am coach departs with 'Give 'em their 'eads!' A picnicking family, the baby in a pink feathered bonnet, drink 'gin and water warm with'.
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A picnic lunch.
Bring a picnic dinner.
You packed a picnic.
Bring a picnic.
We could have a picnic".
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