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Ali Baba|ˈælɪ ˈbɑːbɑː|
The name of the principal character in Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, from the Arabian Nights, used attrib. (and absol.), as Ali Baba basket, a tall laundry basket resembling in shape the oil-jars in which the thieves hid to attack Ali Baba.
1968R. Jeffries Traitor's Crime iii. 33 He took off his shirt and put it in the Ali Baba basket for washing. 1971H. C. Rae Marksman ii. vii. 158 Soiled linen [was] stripped from the beds and stuffed into the Ali Baba basket. 1976Newmarket Jrnl. 16 Dec. 5 (Advt.), ‘Ali Baba’ linen baskets..from {pstlg}8.60. 1978Jrnl. R. Soc. Arts CXXVI. 367/2, I recall..being confronted with stall after stall displaying wine baskets, Ali Babas and place mats, all culturally foreign articles, all woven in the traditional palm techniques of the area. |