I think it means that that it's the dishes your washing, but your washing them them with a lamb.
Soldiers Washing Dishes - 1898 was released on: USA: June 1898
Washing dishes by hand requires water, soap, and a dishcloth. A drainer will be handy for letting water drain off the rinsed dishes as well.
For washing dishes and pans.
washing dishes
detergent is a cleaning supply which can be used for washing dishes or washing clothes.
soap what you use to wash dishes in a dish washing mach
Fetching water for cooking, washing dishes, and washing faces.
Not washing your dishes.
when you wash your dishes, with hot water and soap, and rinse them off in hot water,
Customers will wash their hands with it. To me, a sink is for washing dishes, a basin for washing hands.
He's washing the dishes