Green’s Dictionary of Slang

rege-rege n.

[Yoruba rege-rege, rough, in a rough manner or Hausa rega, to shake]

(W.I.)

1. rags, ragged old clothes.

1954

cited in Cassidy & LePage Dict. Jam. Eng. (1980).

2. a quarrel.

1959

cited in Cassidy & LePage Dict. Jam. Eng. (1980).