ten-shun
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See also: 'ten-shun
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Eye dialect spelling of attention.
Interjection
[edit]- (US, military) Used to bring a marching band or group of soldiers to attention.
- 1946, Harry Lester Baum, Prelude to Victory: A Masonic Play[1]:
- Company, 'ten-shun—(More violently.) 'ten-shun, please... (He draws himself up exaggeratedly.) Stand straight, like soldiers!