Never heard the term? Reminds me of the time I went into a hardware store and asked the young man working there for a pulp hook. He said he’d never heard of a pulp hook. I told him he was lucky.
Seems like I’ve seen it spelled soogie. Seen it used as a verb but not as a noun. Also heard soogie pads (for scrubbing) soogie powder (something like Comet brand powder) and the soogie bucket.