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"?

http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-par2.htm

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.

I saw nmchf and thought nummmy chef. And I thought mischief!

My mind was on food...where was yours?

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I saw nmchf and thought nummmy chef. And I thought mischief!

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MisChief
When the US has a female president, that will be her title.