emoh ruo n.
(Aus.) ‘our home’, often used as the name of one’s (suburban) house.
Age (Melbourne) 18 Apr. 1/1: TRIGGS. - On the 12th April, at ’emoh-Ruo,’ Chaucer-street, Moonee Ponds, the wife of F. J. Triggs - a son. Both doing well. | ||
Smith’s Wkly (Sydney) 29 June 24/1: There was a letter on the table. […] It was for him, printed neatly in ink: ‘J. Carnforth, Esq, ’emoh-ruo,’ Bell Street, East Sydney’. | ||
Woroni (Canberra. ACT) 9 Apr. 4/2: Faded pink walls contrast with luridly coloured doors embellished with names such as the usual ’emoh Ruo’, ‘The Love Nest’, ‘Annie’, even ‘Quo Vadis’. | ||
Canberra Times (ACT) 2 may 8/3: And it couldn’t be a business sign in a residential street. So what is it? A glorified EMOH RUO? | ||
Lairs, Urgers & Coat-Tuggers 140: He set up his SP business in the kitchen of Emoh Ruo with a minimum of fuss or bother. |