Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(Aus.) affectionate, ingratiating.

1900		Truth (Sydney) 4 Feb. 1/4: You have brass enough for a whole Park of artillery, with all your nice, smoogy ways [AND].
1928		Sun. Times (Perth) 19 Feb. 6/7: As regards tigers [...] the dang thing might feel smoogy and want to purr and lick your hand.
1936		E.E. Tournay-Hinds Minds Unmoored 20: What makes you so smoogy to-day, eh? How’s that young family of yours, puss? [AND].
1940		Bulletin (Sydney) 3 July 16/1: An’ jest watch yer step with him; he’s a smoogy coot and tries ter talk yer over [AND].
1959		A.W. Upfield Bony and the Mouse (1961) 158: Harmon called me into the office, all smoogey-like.
2004		M. Ricca-Krienke Gravel 66: I like Janie better now, but that smoogy stuff, that’s not for me.