(in The Arabian Nights' Entertainments) a poor woodcutter who discovers that the magic words "open sesame" will open the doors of the cave containing the treasure of the Forty Thieves
Ali Baba in American English
(ˌɑli ˈbɑbə; ˌæli ˈbæbə)
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!”
Examples of 'Ali Baba' in a sentence
Ali Baba
To the Motie Mediator known as Ali Baba, thirty thousand shares.
Niven, Larry & Pournelle, Jerry THE MOAT AROUND MURCHESON'S EYE (1993)