The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word JEROBOAM
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result JEROBOAM
- Hole inverted, nothing in squash bottle
- From the bottom, pierce hole in squash bottle
- Tremendous bottle shown by tedious chap turning up with nothing in tight spot
- Primarily jumbo epicurean receptacle: outsize bottle of aerated merriment!
- Jack stole, during further regressing, a large bottle
- Major, OBE, lost bottle
- Get mojo working with a half-empty beer bottle
- Old nuisance rising in crowd showing some bottle
- Old nuisance about to come in to squeeze king
- Pierce upwards with hole in squash bottle
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The straight part
We know that "bottle" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case bottle = jeroboam.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.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.
What does JEROBOAM mean?
JEROBOAM noun- A bottle of champagne or Burgundy wine containing 3 liters of fluid, four times the volume of a standard bottle.
- A bottle of Bordeaux wine containing 4.5 liters of fluid, six times the volume of a standard bottle.