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aladdin
/æˈlædɪn/
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What does aladdin mean?
proper noun
- An Arabic tale about a young man named Aladdin who is recruited by a sorcerer to get a magic lamp from a cave; often adapted into comic pantomime in Britain.
- The young man who is the protagonist and title character of the story.
More meanings (2)
proper noun
- (archaic, obsolete) Alternative form of Alauddin.
- (archaic, obsolete) Alternative form of Alaeddin.
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IPA pronunciation
/æˈlædɪn/
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Within was abundance of brilliancy—flames, costumes, colors, decorations, mirrors—it was another Aladdin show.
Our Aladdin lamps are very chaste, and our Prophetic Tablets, foretelling everything—from a change of Ministry down to a rise in Unified—are much enquired for.
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"Aladdin," I cried, "where is your lamp? My fisherman's lantern, which I got at Gloucester, has shown me better things than your smoky old burner ever revealed."
The houses shipped ready made of the "Aladdin" type, with all the parts ready marked to be nailed together by unskilled labor are a much better investment and are not shaky.
For the matter of that, so should adults; but the two cases differ in that as these commodities do not grow on the bushes, the adults cannot have them unless they themselves organize and provide the supply, whereas the children must have them as if by magic, with nothing to do but rub the lamp, like Aladdin, and have their needs satisfied.