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Ali Baba
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A·li Ba·ba  (äl bäb, l)
n.
A poor woodcutter in the Arabian Nights who gains entrance to the treasure cave of the 40 thieves by saying the magic words "Open, Sesame!"
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
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Noun1.Ali Baba - the fictional woodcutter who discovered that `open sesame' opened a cave in the Arabian Nights' EntertainmentAli Baba - the fictional woodcutter who discovered that `open sesame' opened a cave in the Arabian Nights' Entertainment
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IT'S 'open sesame' for Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves at Almondbury Methodist Church on certain days this week.
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Consett Citizens Choir was all set to stage its version of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves from January 8 to 13, at the town's Empire Theatre.
Nothing like this dame by The Journal (Newcastle, England)
 
 
 
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