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Green’s Dictionary of Slang

jack randall n.

also jack randle, jerry randle, johnny randle, ron randell

[rhy. sl.; ult. Jack Randall (1794–1828), a noted pugilist (Hotten 1873)]

a candle.

1859		Hotten Dict. of Modern Sl. etc. 144: JACK RANDLE (a noted pugilist) a candle.
1860		Hotten Dict. of Modern Sl. etc. 271: JACK RANDALL (a noted pugilist) a candle.
1880		D.W. Barrett Life and Work among Navvies 42: ‘Johnny Randle,’ stands for a ‘candle’.
1935		A.J. Pollock Und. Speaks.
1938		L. Ortzen Down Donkey Row 11: Jerry Randle – Candle.
1949		Western Dly Press 12 Jan. 2/3: Other popular rhyming slang terms are ‘Jack Randall’ for candle.
1960		J. Franklyn Dict. of Rhy. Sl.
1983		R. Aven-Bray Ridgey-Didge Oz Jack Lang 13: She sits by a flickering Ron Randell in sweet celestial bliss / She sits there with meat pies like pools of hit and miss.