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Ali Baba [ˈælɪ ˈbɑːbə] n
(Literary & Literary Critical Terms) (in The Arabian Nights' Entertainments) a poor woodcutter who discovers that the magic words ``open sesame'' will open the doors of the cave containing the treasure of the Forty Thieves ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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He then endeavored to re-enter the marvellous grottos, but they had suddenly receded, and now the path became a labyrinth, and then the entrance vanished, and in vain did he tax his memory for the magic and mysterious word which opened the splendid caverns of Ali Baba to the Arabian fisherman. |
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