"symmetricals" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1942, Douglas Gilbert, Lost Chords: The Diverting Story of American Popular Songs, page 45:",
          "text": "[…] what were known as \"symmetricals,\" lumps of batting strategically placed, distorting the girls' natural curves to the masculine truck-horse taste of the times.",
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          "text": "The symmetricals he refers to were a false rubber “skin” that gave men a female torso or shape.",
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          "text": "After some soulful discussions with Annabelle, Charlotte found what seemed an ideal solution: the stage padding then known as symmetricals, used not just by women but by men to fill out thin legs and upper body mass.",
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        "(historical) Padding worn by actors and other performers to expand their body shape."
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