Who are 'those puppies' and why they are 'empty''
Then Mrs. McClure, the president of the Boosters, the lady who lassoed us all, hoofs it through the door. "Oh, my!" she says. "You all look so handsome!"
Not one word about our baskets. Not one little sneak peek inside. No, for all she cared, those puppies were empty.
Meat market?
You better believe it!
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Here, "those puppies" refers to the baskets. The expression is generally used as a funny way of saying "those ones". They were not necessarily empty. The narrator's point is that they if they had been empty, Mrs. McClure would not have even cared; to her the baskets were not really relevant.
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