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Old barrel brought into bar sounding full (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

orotund

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'full' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'old barrel brought into bar sounding' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'old' could be 'o' (abbreviation) and 'o' is found in the answer.
'barrel' could be 'tun' (tun is a kind of barrel) and 'tun' is found within the answer.
'bar' could be 'rod' (both can mean a pole or stick) and 'rod' is found within the remaining letters.
No letters remain.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for orotund that I've seen before include "booming" , "Of speech, dignified and pompous" , "Full in sound" , "Pompous (in style)" , "Loud or pompous" .)

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