The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word HOGSHEAD
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result HOGSHEAD
- Won’t share: had to drink initially enormous amount of alcohol
- Butt from corner disposed of outside area
- Greedy person, notice, produces a large cask
- He has dog rolling barrel
- Beast’s nut or butt
- Sulphur found in pignut barrel?
- Monopolise hut containing a beer barrel
- Gets more than one’s share of froth with this measure of alcohol
- He has dog rolling big barrel
- Big cask that may be on display in butcher’s window?
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The straight part
We know that "big barrel" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case big barrel = hogshead.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does HOGSHEAD mean?
HOGSHEAD noun- An English measure of capacity for liquids, containing 63 wine gallons, or about 52 1/2 imperial gallons; a half pipe.
- A large barrel or cask of indefinite contents, especially one containing from 100 to 140 gallons.