Iron Ring
n.— «They are the leaders of Beecher, Monee, Crete, University Park and Peotone—the five towns surrounding the footprint of the proposed south suburban airport. Their official name is the Eastern Will County Council of Mayors. But they are better known for a tougher, more symbolic nickname: the Iron Ring.» —“Airport plan has ring to it” by Guy Tridgell Daily Southtown (Tinley Park, Illinois) May 22, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)