“A very poor man may be said in some sense to have a demand for a coach and six”

—  Adam Smith

Source: The Wealth of Nations (1776), Book I, Chapter VII, p. 67.
Context: A very poor man may be said in some sense to have a demand for a coach and six; he might like to have it; but his demand is not an effectual demand, as the commodity can never be brought to market in order to satisfy it.

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