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I was not shoe. That's a misuse of the term shoe, which is derived from white shoe.

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Kevin Sessums
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: January 1
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Mississippi
United States
Kevin Howard Scott Sessums
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Shoe
Shoes
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