Ali Baba

(ä′lē bäbə, al′ē babə)

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!”

See Ali Baba in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
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!”

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