Drunk joined him, emptied large bottle (8)
I believe the answer is:
demijohn
'large bottle' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'drunk joined him emptied' is the wordplay.
'drunk' is an anagram indicator.
'emptied' says to hollow out the word (remove centre letters).
'him' with its middle removed is 'hm'.
'joined'+'hm'='joinedhm'
'joinedhm' anagrammed gives 'DEMIJOHN'.
(Other definitions for demijohn that I've seen before include "Large bottle in a wicker basket" , "Large bottle usually in a wicker cover" , "Large bottle with a short narrow neck" , "Large bottle for wine storage" , "Large bulbous bottle (with wicker cover?)" .)