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Does anyone when the word "paraphernalia" stopped being used in its original meaning, that of a woman's property outside her dowry which she book into her marriage, and started being used for any collection of things used for a particular purpose, such as "drug paraphernalia" or "lodge paraphernalia"?
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Welcome to the board nmchf.
PS it must be time to go home and get dinner, or supper depending where you live. I saw nmchf and thought nummmy chef.
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Carpal Tunnel
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I saw nmchf and thought nummmy chef. And I thought mischief!
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Pooh-Bah
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My mind was on food...where was yours? 
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Quote:
I saw nmchf and thought nummmy chef. And I thought mischief!
MisChief
When the US has a female president, that will be her title.
"I am certain there is too much certainty in the world" -Michael Crichton
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