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Hay-Pauncefote Treaty
[ hey-pawns-foot ]
noun
- an agreement (1901) between the United States and Great Britain giving the United States the sole right to build a canal across Central America connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Hay-Pauncefote Treaty1
Named after J. M. Hay and Julian Pauncefote (1828–1902), English diplomat
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Example Sentences
The Hay-Pauncefote Treaty would be executed as amended and no one would care a fig whether it was in its original form or not.
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In the Hay-Pauncefote Treaty there is no specific reference to fortification.
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After a short series of negotiations he succeeded in having passed and ratified by both countries the Hay-Pauncefote treaty.
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