"open Sesame" meaning in All languages combined

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Phrase [English]

Head templates: {{head|en|phrase|head=open Sesame}} open Sesame
  1. Alternative form of open sesame. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: open sesame
    Sense id: en-open_Sesame-en-phrase-RVEvVDQU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "text": "The hinges of the hall door were so stiff during Miss Magan’s tenancy, that Dr. Fleming, who as a cousin once ventured to visit the moneyed recluse, had to call at a neighbouring chemist’s for sweet oil ere he felt safe in crying ‘Open Sesame.’",
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          "ref": "1899, David James Burrell, “The Logic of Events”, in God and the People and Other Sermons, New York, N.Y.: Wilbur B. Ketcham […], pages 277–278:",
          "text": "Thus, one by one, the gates have been thrown open. God’s providence is manifest. “Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit, saith the Lord.” The fable of Aladdin before the cave, crying “Open Sesame!” has been realized; and by this circumstance a tremendous emphasis is put upon the great commission of the Master, “Go ye into all the world and preach the gospel.”",
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          "ref": "1903, Paul Gwynne [pseudonym; Ernest Slater], The Pagan at the Shrine, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., page 147:",
          "text": "To Don Ramón González the heavy oak door opened of its own accord, and without crying “Open Sesame!”",
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          "ref": "1943 October 22, Victor Odin, “Wind Tunnel”, in Keith Monroe, editor, Ryan Flying Reporter, volume 6, number 8, San Diego, Calif.: Ryan Aeronautical Company, page 22, column 2:",
          "text": "Knaves and thieves do not lightly enter the workshop, merely by crying “Open Sesame!”",
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          "ref": "1977, Devereaux Rochester, Full Moon to France, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Row, →ISBN, page 38:",
          "text": "“You’ve lost your sense of direction—forgotten your geography! The Pyrenees lie south.” / “And I suppose you expect me to stand there in front of them crying ‘Open Sesame! Stand aside, crags and valleys! Here I come!’ ”",
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          "text": "The shrewd performer crying ‘Open Sesame’ as he rubs his magic lamp before the Aladdin’s cave of show business should be careful to take out an insurance policy in the event of the non-appearance of the Genie.",
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          "text": "We teach that parliament is sovereign, as in a democracy it should be. But we know that judges too make law. As Lord Reid observed, we must accept that fact for better or worse, for we no longer pretend that the common law is hidden in some Aladdin’s cave waiting only for the judge to discover it by crying ‘Open Sesame’.",
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          "ref": "1998, Conrad Williams, “The Gallery”, in Andy Cox, editor, The Third Alternative, number 15, Witcham, Cambs.: TTA Press, →ISSN, page 10, column 1:",
          "text": "Satisfied that I was alone, I drifted over to the door and tapped it with my fingernail three times… two times… three times. “Open Sesame,” I murmured, as Rouffe worked his magic and the colours absorbed me.",
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          "text": "We teach that parliament is sovereign, as in a democracy it should be. But we know that judges too make law. As Lord Reid observed, we must accept that fact for better or worse, for we no longer pretend that the common law is hidden in some Aladdin’s cave waiting only for the judge to discover it by crying ‘Open Sesame’.",
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