ream
noun
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets printer's ream, or perfect ream.
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
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It is an enchanted maiden; and sometimes the skin has been stolen, and she has reamed a man.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 16 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir