1596 R. Linche Dom Diego in sig. D6 Of Ariadne, who with smalest lace, freed Monster-killing Theseus.
1738 S. Boyse 50 So stative Jove commands His Monster-killing Bow to mortal hands.
1966 47 141 Digressions..thrown in by the poet..as the fair means by which an experienced teller of long stories overcomes the monotony of a series of monster-killings.