Meaning of smoodge | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To act in an ingratiating manner; to fawn.
   Australia
2. To inveigle; to use flattery and wiles on someone.
   Australia, transitive
3. To kiss and cuddle; to canoodle.
   Australia, dated, slang

Examples

“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, 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.”

“1936, Brian Penton, Inheritors, 2003, facsimile, Sydney University Press⟳, Print⟳ on Demand⟳ Service, page 289, “ […] We ain′t cowards to give⟳ up our swag to Cabell on the off-chance of smoodging charity from strangers.””

“They denounced plutocrats and extolled bums, reviled lime-lighters and scorned the fakirs who smoodged for the support⟳ of the wage slaves.”

“"If I'd knowed she was going to do it I'd never have⟳ signed that there partnership she smoodged me into signing, making out it was only to stop⟳ me brother Herbert William from comin' in by law for my property, and all the time she was working it out so she could come⟳ in for it herself if I pegged out - her with rights to buy⟳ my share⟳ of it and take⟳ over everything."”

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