Sentence:  He was a QC from Edinburgh, wearing the black jacket and pinstripe trousers of his trade, as if straight from court, and probably persuaded to come in the belief that if you could interest the Budhill and Springboig party in the repressive Gaullist policies in Algeria then becoming Solicitor-General was a <WSD>dawdle</WSD>. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  An easily accomplished task; a doddle.