she's holding a clutch
clutch2 | kləCH |
noun
a group of eggs fertilized at the same time, laid in a single session and (in birds) incubated together: they lay fewer than ten eggs in a clutch.
• a brood of chicks: the number of chicks in a clutch varies according to the availability of food and the danger of predators.
• a small group of people or things: a clutch of young girls on roller skates.
ORIGIN
early 18th century: probably a southern variant of northern English dialect cletch, related to Middle English cleck ‘tohatch’, from Old Norse klekja.