Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A silk gossamer stuff.
Wiktionary
- n. Australia, New Zealand, UK, colloquial, informal Abbreviation of linoleum.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a floor covering
Etymologies
- Contraction of linoleum. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“If you take your kids in there then you should expect them to hear colourful language. like it loath it, 20k fans calling a lino or an opposition a cunt adds to the atmosphere and builds an intimidating atmosphere. it is all part of being the 12 man in my books”
“But there was nobody at Kig and Kadgit's except the char-woman wiping over the "lino" in the passage.”
“(link) Suddenly I am wondering if the American lack of the short term "lino" means that the Minneapolis suburb called Lino Lakes would amuse you.”
“They don't have to hire somebody to mop their lakes of lino.”
“It was, by accident, probably the right call but I'm not sure the lino, sorry assistant ref, could have seen from where he was.”
The Guardian: Copa América 2011: Paraguay v Venezuela – as it happened | Jacob Steinberg
“Since the end of the Christmas holidays Nick had kept the sling on only in public and spent his disability pay renovating the rec room - laying down lino, covering the walls with mirror tile and constructing overhead shelves which he filled with booze of every description.”
“Burton was talking to Gray off-air on the touchline at Molineux before the kickoff on Saturday and said: "Apparently a female lino today, bit of a looker.”
The Huffington Post: Sky Sports Soccer Commentator Fired Over Sexist Comments
“I was thinking the bamboo would be more feet friendly but new school lino or recycled rubber sound intriguing.”
“I am standing, dripping and shivering, on the cold lino of the Palmers Green bathroom, just out of the big enamel bath, pleading, "Dry me, Mummy, I'm freezing", and then sitting on her lap, warmly wrapped in that same towel with its pale green stars.”
“The decor is pure nicotine, the furnishings bare, with an impressive bar, frayed red lino flooring and a sailing ship lampshade.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘lino’.
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Words sung by: Belle and Sebastian
beguiling, herbaceous, peninsula, suffragette, damascan, hastening, berserk, overtime, leccy, bestow, swathe, arab strap and 193 more...
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Words you were amazed to hear in a song
Amazed… or awestruck.
You might want to leave a comment with title and artist somewhere. Thanks.fuligin, lictor, slither, heinous, stigma, penance, conciliation, Urth, lino, acquiesce, halo halo, bo peep and 62 more...
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Fun with Apocopes
Words created by removing the end of a longer or original word. See also Fun with Aphesis.
abs, ad, bio, veg, veggie, tux, auto, bike, carbs, pecs, bro, sis and 186 more...
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literary lyrics.
my favorite words from my favorite songs. or: why i love colin meloy & joanna newsom.
sinews, loll, lino, geisha, garland, wanton, ventricles, rend, pyrenees, odalisque, garbled, castanets and 29 more...
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Decemberist Lyrics
Various words that have appeared in the lyrics of songs by the Decemberists.
bombazine, odalisque, pachyderm, palanquin, gunwale, vagabond, balustrade, courtesan, samovar, parallax, paragon, fecund and 9 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for lino.
Prolagus I said "My celibate days are over"
You put me straight on the finer points of my speech rehearsed
In the mirror of my steamy bathroom
Where the lino tells a sorry story in a monologue.
(My wandering days are over, by Belle and Sebastian) Sep 10, 2008