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Primarily jumbo epicurean receptacle: outsize bottle of aerated merriment! (8)

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I believe the answer is:

jeroboam

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'primarily jumbo epicurean receptacle outsize bottle of aerated merriment' is the definition.
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'primarily jumbo epicurean receptacle outsize bottle of aerated merriment' is the wordplay.
'primarily' indicates taking the first letters.
'bottle of aerated merriment' becomes 'boam' (this could be a standard abbreviation I've not previously seen).
The first letters of 'jumbo epicurean receptacle outsize' is 'jero'.
'jero'+'boam'='JEROBOAM'

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(Other definitions for jeroboam that I've seen before include "large sparkling container?" , "Wine bottle 4-12 times the ordinary size" , "Four bottles of wine in one" , "Four-times bottle size" , "a lot of bottle?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Everyman puzzle in The Observer.
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