"screwed, blued and tattooed" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1993 October 27, Molly Ivins, “Nafta Will Bring Lower Wages”, in Gainesville Sun, retrieved 2013-07-23, page 10A:",
          "text": "Bubba is already getting shafted—as he says himself, screwed, blued and tattooed.",
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          "ref": "2006 Feb. 8, Terry Jones, \"Is the fix in? The judging scandal that rocked figure skating, Edmonton Sun (Canada) (retrieved 23 July 2013)",
          "text": "The Canadians were hosed. They were screwed, blued and tattooed."
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          "ref": "2008, Riki Ott, Not One Drop: Betrayal and Courage in the Wake of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill, →ISBN, page 92:",
          "text": "He wailed, “I've been had, snookered, fucked, screwed, blued, and tattooed!”",
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        "Placed in a perplexing, very difficult situation, especially a situation in which one has been unjustly victimized."
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          "ref": "1993 October 27, Molly Ivins, “Nafta Will Bring Lower Wages”, in Gainesville Sun, retrieved 2013-07-23, page 10A:",
          "text": "Bubba is already getting shafted—as he says himself, screwed, blued and tattooed.",
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          "ref": "2006 Feb. 8, Terry Jones, \"Is the fix in? The judging scandal that rocked figure skating, Edmonton Sun (Canada) (retrieved 23 July 2013)",
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          "text": "He wailed, “I've been had, snookered, fucked, screwed, blued, and tattooed!”",
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