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an Aladdin's cave

A place full of treasures. (In The Arabian Nights, Aladdin finds a magic lamp in a cave.) I know you think your garage is full of junk, but to an antiques collector like me, it's an Aladdin's cave! Your playroom is like an Aladdin's cave for my kids—any toys that they don't have at home are positively enchanting! Ooh, I love thrifting! Secondhand shops are an Aladdin's cave for me.
See also: an, cave
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an Aladdin's cave

a place full of valuable objects.
See also: an, cave
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an Aladdin’s ˈcave

a place full of valuable or interesting objects: He kept for his private pleasure an Aladdin’s cave of stolen masterpieces.This expression comes from a story in The Arabian Nights. Aladdin was trapped in a cave full of gold and jewels by a magician.
See also: an, cave
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In a garage at an address in Pendre police uncovered what they described as an "Aladdin's cave" of counterfeit watches, handbags, clothes and accessories such as headphones.
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It is like an Aladdin's cave crammed with colours and all things millinery."
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Anaesthetic assistant Douglas Stevenson, 31, set up an international internet business after filling his garage with an "Aladdin's cave" of medical supplies worth more than pounds 23,000.
David Moore, 40, of Segars Lane, Ainsdale, spent the money on exotic holidays and an "Aladdin's cave" of sporting memorabilia and collectible toys.
He said: "They told me the office was an Aladdin's cave of stuff.
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The bag in the possession of the flaxen-haired felon was opened to reveal a veritable Aladdin's Cave of misappropriated miscellany, and the culprit was duly detained, pending the arrival of the local gendarmes, by the time-honoured method of being sat upon.
Everyone who submits a vote in the BTAs is entered into a bumper draw for an Aladdin's Cave of travel treats worth tens of thousands of pounds.
The walk will finish at the Teesside Archives with refreshments and a tour around the archives themselves - a chance to see what is an Aladdin's cave of local history.
Expect Times New Roman a magical 3D flying carpet ride, laugh-out-loud and an Aladdin's cave of lavish sets and costumes .
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