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European nudist drinking gallons -- one to push the boat out?

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I believe the answer is:

bargepole

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'european nudist drinking' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'gallons one to push the boat out?' is the wordplay.
'gallons' becomes 'pol' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'one to push' becomes 'barge' (I've seen this before).
'the boat' becomes 'e'.
'out?' is an insertion indicator.
'barge'+'e'='bargee'
'pol' going inside 'bargee' is 'BARGEPOLE'.

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(Other definitions for bargepole that I've seen before include "stick for propelling vessel" , "Propeller" , "Boatman's equipment (not to be used for touching it!)" , "Long stick for fending off obstacles" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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