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From the name of the company which made rubberised canvas air-mattresses from the 1940s to the 1970s under the trademark name "Li-Lo" (a sensational spelling of lie low).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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From the name of the company which made rubberised canvas air-mattresses from the 1940s to the 1970s under the trademark name "Li-Lo" (a sensational spelling of lie low).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.