smoodge

Etymology
From British dialect. Australian from 1898.

Verb

 * 1)  To act in an ingratiating manner; to fawn.
 * 2) * 1903 February 3, Political Labor League of New South Wales: Annual Conference, minutes, 2006, Michael Hogan (editor), Labor Pains: Early Conference and Executive Reports of the Labor Party of NSW, |%22smoodges|%22smoodged%22|%22smoodging%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=z3vKD98F9V&sig=oCcUfCls-Kl9FsEd-N7DZt3xjsU&hl=en&sa=X&ei=IFlTUNi6NKuuiQfhxYG4CA&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22smoodge%22|%22smoodges|%22smoodged%22|%22smoodging%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 376,
 * Mr Grant, in reply, was not in favor of the way the bureau was conducted. There was no rotation system, but a straight-out smoodging system, and therein was his objection. Give us the bureau, but let there be no smoodging to the foreman.
 * The motion was lost.
 * 1) * 1936, Brian Penton, Inheritors, 2003, facsimile, Sydney University Press, Print on Demand Service, |%22smoodges|%22smoodged%22|%22smoodging%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=fLKQDugYCB&sig=1jMQ0yGqjDjEB4qIkKjt9Rsr0a8&hl=en&sa=X&ei=IFlTUNi6NKuuiQfhxYG4CA&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22smoodge%22|%22smoodges|%22smoodged%22|%22smoodging%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 289,
 * “We ain′t cowards to give up our swag to Cabell on the off-chance of smoodging charity from strangers.”
 * 1)  To kiss and cuddle; to canoodle.
 * 1)  To kiss and cuddle; to canoodle.