Alley arcade, walk, steps, yard, terrace, and close. While both a court and close are usually defined as blind alleys, or "cul-de-sacs", several in London are throughways, for example Cavendish Court, a narrow passage leading from Houndsditch into Devonshire Square, and Angel Court, which links King Street and Pall Mall. Bartholomew Close is a narrow winding lane which can be called an alley by virtue of its narrowness, and because through-access requires the use of passages and courts between Little Britain, and Long Lane and Aldersgate Street. In an old neighbourhood of the City of London, Exchange Alley or Change Alley
Open Sesame (phrase) Open Sesame (phrase) "Open Sesame" () () is a magical phrase in the story of "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves" in "One Thousand and One Nights". It opens the mouth of a cave in which forty thieves have hidden a treasure. The phrase first appears in Antoine Galland's "Les Mille et une nuits" (1704–1717) as "Sésame, ouvre-toi" (English, "Sesame, open!"). No earlier oral or written version of the story is known in any language. Galland's phrase has been variously translated from the French into English as "Sesame, Open", "Open, Sesame" and "Open, O Simsim". Open Sesame has been classified