He drove his bankrupt cart to the market.
bankrupt cart
idiomA one-horse chaise.
Origin
disputed originSaid to be so called by a Lord Chief Justice, from their being so frequently used on Sunday jaunts by extravagant shopkeepers and tradesmen.
The traveler arrived at the village inn riding in a small, weathered bankrupt cart.
The old merchant preferred the modest pace of his bankrupt cart to the faster carriages favored by the wealthy elite.