tagarene north. dial.
(tægəˈriːn)
Also tag(a)reen.
[Origin uncertain: perh. arbitrary formation on tag n.1]
More fully tagarene shop: An old clothes or rag shop; a marine store. Hence tagarene-man, the keeper of a marine store, esp. one who visits ships in dock or harbour with a boatful of wares for exchange.
| 1855 Robinson Whitby Gloss. s.v., ‘They keep a tagreen shop’, an old clothes store; an old rope and rag depôt. 1894 Northumb. Gloss. s.v., A ‘tagareen man’ has a floating shop which he rows about the tiers of ships, announcing his presence by a bell. 1900 F. T. Bullen With Christ at Sea xi. 285 The skipper arrived with his crony the ‘tagarene’ man and a large supply of brandy. |