Sentence:  The Spaniards are nice, but, of course, most of them are terribly poor, the ones who aren't are impossible, I don't like the tourists, mainly English and American <WSD>dipsomaniacs</WSD>, paid, my dear, by their families to stay away. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  One with a morbid paroxysmal craving for alcohol; an alcoholic.