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A•li Ba•ba

Pronunciation: (ä'lē bä'bä, al'ē bab'u), [key]
the poor woodcutter, hero of a tale in The Arabian Nights' Entertainments, who uses the magic words “Open sesame” to open the door to the cave in which the Forty Thieves had hidden their treasure.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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