Ali Baba Hear it!

Ali Baba definition

Ali Baba (ä′lē bä′bə, al′ē bab′ə)

in The Arabian Nights, a poor woodcutter who accidentally discovers the treasure of a band of forty thieves in a cave: he makes the door of the cave open by saying “Open sesame!”

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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