clutch bag

American  

noun

1. clutch.

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Etymology

Origin of clutch bag

First recorded in 1945–50

Example Sentences

Rethinking styles, Demna aimed to make coats that looked as if worn over the shoulders, adding extra sleeves that hung down, and fashioned a clutch bag to look like a pointy-toed shoe.

From Reuters

Her black patent-leather clutch bag lay on the table, and she was smacking it, in quick motions, with the cardboard church fan she got earlier.

From Literature

She snapped the clutch bag shut and looked around with a sweeping, raptor-like gaze—the only thing about her, surely, that could remind me of my father, and it did.

From Literature

In a candyfloss-coloured dress with matching opera gloves and a clutch bag, Mrs Eisenhower, “is an example of the homemaker in chief”, says DuBois Shaw.

From The Guardian

We’re loving the rope belt feature and the tiny clutch bag possibly featuring the secrets for Avatar 2, Avatar 3 and Avatar 4 in it.

From The Guardian