lino

Etymology 1

Clipping of linoleum, probably influenced by -o (“diminutive suffix”).

noun

1. (Australia, New Zealand, UK, colloquial, informal) Clipping of linoleum.
   The third thing was the TORN lino in the kitchen, new puppy found it great fun to tear strips of lino off the floor .. first you scrabble like crazy with your claws to start a tear, and then you use teeth to tear off a lovely strip of lino to chew . We are still too scared to replace the lino as the next puppy will probably do the same . July 20, 1996, Malcolm Tippett, “Dogs ...No Way”, in aus.jokes (Usenet)
   When we moved here, the people before had dogs, complete with crawling carpet and jumping lino. When we ripped up all the carpet and lino prior to moving in, we also bought half a dozen flea bombs, and bombed UNDER the house. October 30, 2002, Augie, “Frontline or Advantage for fleas?”, in aus.pets (Usenet)
   I took up the lino from the kitchen and found this newspaper clipping April 25, 2010, George W Frost, “Found this old paper under the lino of a reno”, in aus.sport.aussie-rules (Usenet)

Etymology 2

Contraction of linesman + -o (“diminutive suffix”).

noun

1. (UK, colloquial, informal, soccer) Abbreviation of linesman.
   Lino flagged a bit late but was right 2014-10-04, MartTheTaxi, “Twitter status”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)