saltwater taffy noun an attractive woman on the beach US An allusion to a brightly coloured sweet sold at US beaches.
They were lying in rows, all this Golden Orange saltwater taffy, in taffy-colored French cuts and thong bikinis: lemon, licorice, tangerine, strawberry. They were soft and pliable and tasty[.] — Joseph Wambaugh, TheGoldenOrange, p. 173, 1990