A fork of Rural Dictionary
In the Armed Forces, especially the Navy and Coast Guard, "Soogie Powder" was equivalent to scouring powders such as Comet or Ajax.
The containers were indentical too, with a plain white label that simply read: "Soogie Powder".
The word was also used as a verb when referring to cleaning something.
"Get yer ass up it's time to turn two and soogie the head!"