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Definition of Ali baba
1. Noun. The fictional woodcutter who discovered that 'open sesame' opened a cave in the Arabian Nights' Entertainment.
Definition of Ali baba
1. Proper noun. The fictional protagonist of ''(w Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves)'', famous for his encounter with forty thieves and their treasure trove cave that opens on the command "open sesame". ¹
2. Proper noun. (slang) An extremely lucky person, especially one who acquires a large fortune by luck or by chance. ¹
3. Proper noun. (slang ethnic slur US military) An Iraqi. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ali Baba
Literary usage of Ali baba
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1922)
"ali baba BY HENRI BARBUSSE The ... eager and touching zeal, on the toilette of
ali baba, who was to be exhibited at the dog show at nine o'clock. ..."
2. Children's Literature: A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher by Charles Madison Curry (1921)
"One day when ali baba was in the forest and preparing to load his three asses with
... ali baba counted forty of them, and he could not doubt but they were ..."
3. A Dictionary of the Drama: A Guide to the Plays, Play-wrights, Players, and by William Davenport Adams (1904)
"(6) ' ali baba and the Forty Thie»es :'pantomime by JB CHATTERTON and HP GRATTAN,
... ali baba is also a prominent personage in various other pieces, ..."
4. Elson Grammar School Reader by William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck (1911)
"ali baba, on the other hand, had a wife no better off than himself, ... ali baba
went one day to the forest, and had very nearly finished cutting as much ..."
5. The Novelist's Magazine (1785)
"not be angry, Morgiana,' replied ali baba; ... Come in, Moi'iana,' faid ali baba,
and let Cogía ... + D Alj. ali baba ..."
6. Library of Choice Literature and Encyclopaedia of Universal Authorship by Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Charles Gibbon (1893)
"The troop came directly to the spot where ali baba had taken shelter. ... In a
town in Persia there lived two brothers, called Cassim and ali baba. ..."
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