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  1. adverb Slang Of course; naturally.

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  • Usually the ghosts behaved like they were still alive and tried not to walk through things unless they absolutely had to – say, through a door that was shut (because, natch, they couldn't grasp the knob). —  MaryJanice Davidson - Betsy 07 - Undead and Unworthy
  • But for those looking for a movie that actually tries to say something about a man's life as a writer, a much more interesting movie is one that will be -- natch -- a lot harder to find. —  F ;SF; - vol 093 issue 02 - August 1997
  • Hats Off, wearing a hat, natch, and Show of Shows and Too Much Harmony, "Buckin' the Wind" in a number made for Marilyn, in garters and a white skirt that blew up around her stockinged legs. —  Futures Imperfect
  • The city police had beaten a few men up, natch, and run out all the anti-Ravick hunters, and then Ravick had reconvened the meeting and acceptance of the thirty-five centisol price had been voted unanimously. —  The Project Gutenberg eBook of Four-Day Planet, by H. Beam Piper
  • There were no police around, natch, and a lot of volunteers were trying to direct traffic and getting in each other's way. —  The Project Gutenberg eBook of Four-Day Planet, by H. Beam Piper
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  1. Shortening and alteration of naturally.

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  1. Formerly also nache; from Middle English nache, nage, from Old French nache, naiche, nasche, nage, naige (= Italian natica), buttock, from Middle Latin naticæ, from Latin nates, buttocks: see nates.
 

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