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a common lung disorder characterized by wheezing, shortness of breath, chest tightness, and sometimes coughing
- But Benny got the asthma tonight, so Minny ain't gone make it.Chapter 16 (5% in)
asthma = a common respiratory disorder characterized by wheezing, shortness of breath, chest tightness, and sometimes coughing
- I'm standing in Miss Celia's kitchen thinking about last night, what with Kindra and her mouth, Benny and his asthma, my husband Leroy coming home drunk two times last week.Chapter 4 (75% in)
- "How Benny's asthma?"Chapter 10 (21% in)
- Benny's asthma has gotten a little better but Leroy came home last night smelling like Old Crow again.Chapter 10 (69% in)
- Benny...might get the asthma again.Chapter 17 (31% in)
- Benny got the asthma.Chapter 17 (44% in)
- With Benny's asthma and Sugar still in school and Kindra and...we was tight on money already.Chapter 26 (58% in)
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