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Below are ten everyday words, each of which has had some letters removed. The letters removed form either a boy's or a girl's name.

For example, if the word was PAN---IME, the answer might be PANTOMIME. Can you determine the original words?
demi----
---ple
absor---t
he---che
sc----r
----ionaire
break---ce
monog---
-----incense
s---ly

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