Definition of Open sesame

1. Noun. Any very successful means of achieving a result.

Generic synonyms: Agency, Means, Way

2. Noun. A magical command; used by Ali Baba.
Generic synonyms: Bid, Bidding, Command, Dictation

Definition of Open sesame

1. Interjection. Open up! ¹

2. Noun. Any successful means of achieving a result, ''especially'' means that are magical or technical, or otherwise beyond the understanding of most people. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Open Sesame

open proxy server
open razor
open razors
open reading frame
open reading frames
open rectangle
open reduction of fractures
open relationships
open sandwich
open sea
open season
open seating
open secret
open secrets
open sesame (current term)
open sesames
open set
open sets
open shop
open sight
open skull fracture
open society
open someone's eyes
open source
open sourced
open sources
open sourcing
open sunshine
open system

Literary usage of Open sesame

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner (1896)
"open sesame "IT WAS once upon a time" — so the fairy stories begin. 1 At that particular time there was a government clerk, ..."

2. Jonathan and His Continent: Rambles Through American Society by Max O'Rell, Jack Allyn (1889)
"The open sesame of New York, Boston, and Philadelphia.—The Childish Side of American Character. —The Three Questions Jonathan puts to every Foreigner who ..."

3. Jamaican Song and Story: Annancy Stories, Digging Sings, Ring Tunes, and by Walter Jekyll, Alice Werner, C. S. Myers, Lucy Etheldred Broadwood (1907)
"open sesame. ONE day there was a very hard time, ... They say " open sesame." An' they go in an' t'row in the money, an' when they coming out of the house ..."

4. Income: An Examination of the Returns for Services Rendered and from by Scott Nearing (1915)
"Corporation Accounting—An open sesame to Business Facts The issuing of corporate securities provided the first accurate measure of the volume of invested ..."

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