teddy bears' picnic

noun

A picnic to which attendees bring their teddy bears, typically as an organised community event.

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Meanings

nounteddy bears' picnic (plural teddy bears' picnics)

plural teddy bears' picnics

  1. A picnic to which attendees bring their teddy bears, typically as an organised community event.

    Thursday Island Child Care Center had a teddy bear's picnic on Friday June 7 where children, staff and teddy bears had fruits and snacks, played games and sang songs.

    2013 June 17, Torres News, Thursday Island, page 17, column 1
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    The cuddliest event of the Darwin Festival calendar, City of Darwin's Teddy Bears' Picnic is back, presenting a fun-filled morning for all the mama, papa and baby bears.

    2022 August 1, Off the Leash, Darwin, NT, page 6, column 1

Origin

After a popular children's song, The Teddy Bears' Picnic, music composed by John Walter Bratton, 1907, with lyrics by Jimmy Kennedy, 1932.

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