‘The term adopted in Brazilian sociology to designate the rural workers who live as temporary wage-earners. This designation had its origin in the sugar-cane worker, who, since they take their meals to the fields in pails and have to eat them cold there, became known as the bóia-fria [cold-meal] workers.’ (Fernandes, Bernardo Mançano e Stedile, João Pedro. Brava gente: a trajetória do MST e a luta pela terra no Brasil. São Paulo: Editora Fundação Perseu Abramo, 1999, p. 111, n. 13).