Green’s Dictionary of Slang

emoh ruo n.

[backsl.]

(Aus.) ‘our home’, often used as the name of one’s (suburban) house.

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1996
[Aus]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.
[Aus]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’.
[Aus]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?
[Aus]J. Byrell Lairs, Urgers & Coat-Tuggers 140: He set up his SP business in the kitchen of Emoh Ruo with a minimum of fuss or bother.