Possible Clues:

• Nursery rhyme character whose cupboard was bare?
• To feed starving mutt, this woman's focus — there's nothing from table
• Nursery rhyme character
• There was nothing in her closet but a modest gown!
• Dog owner of rhyme
• Fictional dog owner's bizarre method for keeping cooked rhubarb
• She tried unsuccessfully to give her dog a bone
• The quintessential recipient of cupboard love?
• Bone seeker of rhyme
• Nursery rhyme character whose cupboard was bare