open, sesame

open, sesame

1. Alternative form of open sesame.
   • 1999, Andy Serwer, “Tech is king; now meet the Prince”, in Fortune, page 110:

     As we come to the gate (the guy driving says, “Open, sesame”—really!), it swings open to reveal a 20-foot-high wall-of-water fountain and a broad avenue lined with palm trees.

   • 2000, Jeffery Deaver, The Empty Chair, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 24:

     He said a boisterous “Open, sesame” and the door swung wide.

   • 2009, Albert E. Cowdrey, “Paradiso Lost”, in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, volume 116, page 108:

     Janesco clumped to the command console and said the scientific-age equivalent of “Open, sesame.”