A·li Ba·ba (ä l bä b ,  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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| Noun | 1. |  Ali Baba - the fictional woodcutter who discovered that `open sesame' opened a cave in the Arabian Nights' Entertainment |
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