A scene from Arsenic and Old Lace 1944
Mortimer

The name Brewster is code for Roosevelt.

Teddy

Code for Roosevelt?

Mortimer

Yes. Don't you see? Take the name Brewster, take away the B, and what have you got?

Teddy

Rooster!

Mortimer

Uh-huh. And what does a rooster do?

Teddy

Crows.

Mortimer

It crows. And where do you hunt in Africa?

Teddy

On the veldt!

Mortimer

There you are: crows — veldt!

Teddy

Ingenious! My compliments to the boys in the code department.

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